IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wharton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955WV077007
  • User Pedon ID: S1955WV077007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39650
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: .6 miles east of State Route 92 on Stacks Run road; East of Arthurdale
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV077—Preston
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV077—Preston County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. J. P.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wharton
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/2014
  • Classifier - Katey Yoast
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WHARTON
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—89

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    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    8

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30682
    A—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A30683
    BA—16 to 23 centimeters (6.3 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A30684
    Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A30685
    Bt2—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A30686
    Btg1—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 50 percent pale red (2.5YR 6/2) clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A30687
    Btg2—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); 90 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A30688
    2C—89 to 105 centimeters (35.0 to 41.3 inches); 45 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) and 45 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay; coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 10 percent manganese concretions; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A30689