IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monongahela
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962WV083005
  • User Pedon ID: S1962WV083005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962WV083005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39688
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 38.8228188
  • Std. Longitude: -79.8483734
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.7 miles east of Beverly near Randolph County 4-H camp on McLaughlin farm. 150 feet north of Mt. Vernon Methodist Church and 75 feet west of site described by Baur
  • 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: KSSL pedon that was updated
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Monongahela (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/1978
  • Classifier - W.W. beverage
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MONONGAHELA
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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: DDF 36-74
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    TRPR2

    Trifolium pratense

    red clover

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    56 - 132

    - 76 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—30

    30—132

    56—132

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    —102—

    —76—
    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

    3

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    640

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30944
    BA—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30945
    Bt—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30946
    Btx1—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30947
    Btx2—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; very firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30948
    Btx3—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) cobbly loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; massive parts to weak coarse platy; very firm; 21.0 pores; 25 percent by volume nonflat rounded 76-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30949
    C—132 to 165 centimeters (52.0 to 65.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and light gray (N 7/0) and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) very cobbly silty clay loam; massive; firm; 5 percent by volume flat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-40-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30950