IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cookport

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S06WV019002 Cookport

User Pedon ID: S2006WV019002

Vegetation Plot ID: S06WV019002 Cookport

User Site Association ID: New River and Associated Rec Areas

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - NSSL

Lab Pedon # - 06N0899

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18983

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: 37.9298722

Std. Longitude: -81.1193333

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: located on a broad bench on the north side of Dunloup Creek, near the town Prudence and near the sewage treatment plant; on NPS land.

Map Unit: CrB—Cookport-Nallen complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: West Virginia

County: WV019—Fayette

MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains

Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV622—New River Gorge National River, West Virginia

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37081-H1—Thurmond, West Virginia

PEDON

Describers Name: J. Beard. E. O'Neill

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, subactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudults

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: research site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Cookport

PSC - 25 to 78 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/6/2012

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Cookport

Classificaton Date - 4/18/2006

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: residuum weathered from sandstone and shale

Landscape: plateau

Landform: structural bench

Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: moderately well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: moderately coherent strong weathered sandstone, unspecified at 193cm

Geology: New River formation of the Pottsville group.

Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent 0.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Vegplot Text Note(s): NASIS Site Name (MLRA06_Morgantown) was transferred over (MLRA12_Amherst) to align with the new USDA-NRCS SPSD Regional Office boundaries. The MLRA12-Amherst NASIS Site will eventually be renamed as the Northeast NASIS Site.

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 4/18/2006 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - sunny

Current Air Temp - 21

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ACRU CAOV2 LITU OXAR QUAL QUCO2 QURU	Acer rubrum Carya ovata Liriodendron tulipifera Oxydendrum arboreum Quercus alba Quercus coccinea Quercus rubra	red maple shagbark hickory tuliptree sourwood white oak scarlet oak northern red oak	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
fragipan bedrock, paralithic	very weakly coherent extremely weakly coherent	60 - 78 193 - 200	— —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon fragipan	0—25 25—121 60—121	—- —- —-

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
2	—	—	525.9	—	81	1172	—	166	10.9	20.7	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	WV6591	Oak Hill	WETS

Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # 06N03865; moist when described; observed in pit, small

A—3 to 12 centimeters (1.2 to 4.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed silt loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak very coarse granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; 8 percent of field estimated percent clay; extremely acid, pH 4.4; very abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03866; moist when described; observed in pit, small

AE—12 to 25 centimeters (4.7 to 9.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 medium irregular and 2.0 fine tubular and 2.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; 10 percent of field estimated percent clay; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03867; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bt—25 to 60 centimeters (9.8 to 23.6 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) crushed silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent coarse faint pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; 7 percent of field estimated percent clay; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03868; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Btx1—60 to 78 centimeters (23.6 to 30.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face loam; 22 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate thick platy parts to moderate thin platy structure; firm; brittle; slow permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium vesicular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 10 percent coarse distinct gray (5Y 6/1), moist, and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), moist, iron depletions on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent coarse distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron on vertical faces of peds; fragments; 12 percent of field estimated percent clay; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03869; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Btx2—78 to 121 centimeters (30.7 to 47.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face clay loam; 31 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak thin platy structure; firm; brittle; slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium vesicular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores and 25 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions infused into matrix along faces of peds and 25 percent medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, and red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; 15 percent of field estimated percent clay; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03870; moist when described; observed in pit, small

2Cg—121 to 193 centimeters (47.6 to 76.0 inches); 45 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face and 35 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) broken face and 20 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) broken face silty clay; 46 percent clay; massive parts to weak thin platy; extremely firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; fragments; 29 percent of field estimated percent clay; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03871; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cr—193 to 194 centimeters (76.0 to 76.4 inches); bedrock; extremely firm; slow permeability; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small