IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brinkerton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960WV093002
  • User Pedon ID: S1960WV093002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960WV093002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39655
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1.8 miles south southwest of Thomas Water Tower; 1.8 miles west southwest of W. Va. 32 at entrance to Blackwater State Park, Davis, West Virginia
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV093—Tucker
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV093—Tucker County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. W. B.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brinkerton
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DDF-10-93
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2MOSS

    PTERI

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    Pteridium

    Moss

    brackenfern

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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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    945

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30718
    A2—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30719
    B21g—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) silty clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30720
    B22g—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30721
    B23X—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30722
    B3X—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A30723
    C1—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and gray (5Y 6/1) and olive (5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; massive; very firm; 15 percent manganese concretions; 60 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A30724
    2C—99 centimeters (39.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30725