IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973WV081001
  • User Pedon ID: S1973WV081001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973WV081001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4073
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40265
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: State Route 3/10 near top of Coal River Mountain near Arnett.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV081—Raleigh

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave McKinney
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: siltstone and/or silty shale and/or sandstone
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: siltstone, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/27/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    CARYA

    QUERC

    Carya

    Quercus

    hybrid hickory

    oak

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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

    55

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    747

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    225

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31149. leaf litter and mull
    A1—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31150
    A2—6 to 26 centimeters (2.4 to 10.2 inches); silt loam; weak fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31151
    B21—26 to 47 centimeters (10.2 to 18.5 inches); silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 10 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31152
    B22—47 to 67 centimeters (18.5 to 26.4 inches); silt loam; moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 30 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31153
    C—67 to 95 centimeters (26.4 to 37.4 inches); bedrock; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31154. Soil is like above and makes up 25% in upper 4 inches and 15% in lower 4 inches
    R—95 to 100 centimeters (37.4 to 39.4 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31155