IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monongahela
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S99-WV031-001
  • User Pedon ID: S99WV031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - WVU
  • Lab Pedon # - WVU0047
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47603
  • 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: 39.1396000
  • Std. Longitude: -78.9177861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: DNR Farm, Hardy County, WV
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV031—Hardy
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV628—Grant and Hardy Counties, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39078-B8—Old Fields, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James Bell, Devinder Bhumbla, Aaron Friend and Steve Baker
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monongahela
  • Classificaton Date - 5/11/1999
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/11/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 7.0 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular and interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # WVU00242
    Bt1—17 to 48 centimeters (6.7 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular and interstitial pores; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) organic stains and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00243. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 663265; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 663265
    Bt2—48 to 73 centimeters (18.9 to 28.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; interstitial and 0.1 tubular pores; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 11 percent medium light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00244. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 663266; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 663266
    Btx1—73 to 95 centimeters (28.7 to 37.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; 0.1 roots; interstitial and 0.1 tubular pores; and 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent medium iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 11 percent medium and coarse light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; 11 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00245. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 663267; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 663267
    Btx2—95 to 128 centimeters (37.4 to 50.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; 0.1 roots; interstitial and 0.1 tubular pores; 21 percent clay films; 1 percent medium brown (7.5YR 5/2) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) iron depletions; 1 percent coarse brown (10YR 5/3) and 25 percent fine and medium yellowish red (5YR 4/6); 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00246. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 663269; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 663269
    2C—128 to 170 centimeters (50.4 to 66.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) very gravelly clay loam; massive; firm; 0.1 interstitial pores; 75 percent clay films on rock fragments; 21 percent medium and coarse dark gray (5YR 4/1) iron depletions; 45 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # WVU00247