IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wheeling
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957WV053004
  • User Pedon ID: S1957WV053004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4020
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39662
  • Print Date: 4/25/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Wildlife refuge (former TNT area 1/2 mile north of Conservation Commission Headquarters Office)
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV053—Mason
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV753—Mason County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheeling
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • 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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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30777
    A2—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30778
    B1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30779
    B2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30780
    B3—58 to 97 centimeters (22.8 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30781
    2C1—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A30782. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199379; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199379
    2C2—124 to 183 centimeters (48.8 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; single grain; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30783
    2C3—183 centimeters (72.0 inches); loamy sand; single grain; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30784