IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westmoreland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962WV091001
  • User Pedon ID: S1962WV091001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39690
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Follow W. Va. state route 73 from Bridgeport north about 5 miles to Corbin Branch Road. Follow Corbin Branch Road 2 1/2 miles to Bunner farm on Corbin Branch. Plot located 300 feet to left of road directly across from farm house. Plot in Taylor County, but located on original Harrison County field sheet
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV091—Taylor
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV610—Harrison and Taylor Counties, West Virginia

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ANB20-176
  • 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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    35

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30957
    B1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30958
    B21t—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30959
    B22t—43 to 63 centimeters (16.9 to 24.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30960
    B3—63 to 89 centimeters (24.8 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30961
    C—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 65 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30962
    R—114 centimeters (44.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30963