IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monongahela
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962WV083004
  • User Pedon ID: S1962WV083004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4045
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39687
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Follow US 250 from Huttonsville to southeastern boundary of Medium Security Prison farm, turn right on W. Va. secondary 56 and follow .8 mile. Plot 150 feet west of road in idle field on Bruce Ward land.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV083—Randolph
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV083—Randolph County, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. W. Beverage
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monongahela
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DDF36-109
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30937
    B21—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30938
    B22—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30939
    B21X—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine faint and 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse platy structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30940
    B32X—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine faint and 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse platy structure; very firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30941
    B33X—97 to 140 centimeters (38.2 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine faint and 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30942
    2C—140 centimeters (55.1 inches); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30943