IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): wheeling
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004VA121003
  • User Pedon ID: S2004VA121003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2004VA121003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1173
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17315
  • Print Date: 4/25/2024

    • 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: 37.1932487
  • Std. Longitude: -80.5787201
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA121—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 128—Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA121—Montgomery County, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Galbraith and Sarah Murray
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - wheeling
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 31 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/10/2004 (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

    FESTU

    Festuca

    fescue

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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

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    517

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 21.0 fine roots; 10 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06833
    Ap2—13 to 31 centimeters (5.1 to 12.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 21.0 fine roots; 10 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06834
    Bt1—31 to 59 centimeters (12.2 to 23.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and very coarse prismatic structure; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06835
    Bt2—59 to 87 centimeters (23.2 to 34.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and very coarse prismatic structure; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent manganese coatings on faces of peds; 10 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter quartzite fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 04N06836
    Bt3—87 to 117 centimeters (34.3 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and very coarse prismatic structure; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 10 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter quartzite fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 04N06837
    2BCt1—117 to 151 centimeters (46.1 to 59.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 28 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 28 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 28 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter quartzite fragments. Lab sample # 04N06838, 04N06841, 04N06842
    2BCt2—151 to 181 centimeters (59.4 to 71.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; massive; 0.5 fine roots; clay films on vertical faces of peds; 75 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06839, 04N06842, 04N06843. continuous - phpvsfiid 328892; continuous - phpvsfiid 328892
    2Ct—181 to 230 centimeters (71.3 to 90.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; massive; clay films on vertical faces of peds; 75 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06840. continuous - phpvsfiid 328893; continuous - phpvsfiid 328893