IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilpin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955WV077006
  • User Pedon ID: S1955WV077006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39649
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: East of Masontown on west central part of photo; south edge of Strip Mine Area
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV077—Preston
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV077—Preston County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. J. P.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AMZ14-153
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; loose; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A30675
    A2—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse granular structure; loose; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A30676
    A3/B1—11 to 20 centimeters (4.3 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; firm; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A30677
    B21—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A30678
    B22—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent clay films; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A30679
    C1—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) silty clay loam; medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A30680
    2C—58 centimeters (22.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30681