IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mandy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995WV083005
  • User Pedon ID: S1995WV083005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995WV083005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0082
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68163
  • 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: 38.9838905
  • Std. Longitude: -79.6958313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 350 feet north-northeast of pedon 083008.
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV083—Randolph
  • MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV083—Randolph County, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38079-H6—Bowden, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jenkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, frigid Spodic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mandy
  • PSC - 29 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2014
  • Classifier - J Bell
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - perudic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mandy
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/17/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3222-79
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FAGR

    PIRU

    Fagus grandifolia

    Picea rubens

    American beech

    red spruce

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—25

    25—79

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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

    49

    150

    60

    1158

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    352

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    Oi1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); 0.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 96P00824. Rock transect = 26.5%.
    Oi2—1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 96P00825
    Oe—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; 6.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00826
    A—5 to 14 centimeters (2.0 to 5.5 inches); 60 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face and 40 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face very channery highly organic loam; 18 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00827
    BA—14 to 26 centimeters (5.5 to 10.2 inches); 80 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face channery clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00828
    Bw1—26 to 47 centimeters (10.2 to 18.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face very channery clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00829
    Bw2—47 to 80 centimeters (18.5 to 31.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) broken face very channery loam; 21 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 35 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00830
    C—80 to 98 centimeters (31.5 to 38.6 inches); 60 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) broken face and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face extremely channery silt loam; 16 percent clay; massive; friable; 15 percent by volume subangular 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 45 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00831
    Cr—98 to 123 centimeters (38.6 to 48.4 inches); bedrock; fragments.