IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monongahela
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S99-WV031-005
  • User Pedon ID: S99WV031005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S99-WV031-005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - WVU
  • Lab Pedon # - WVU0051
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47607
  • 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: 39.0875000
  • Std. Longitude: -78.9386111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Ed Kessecker's place, 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-A8—Moorefield, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Sencindiver and Ron Estepp
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monongahela
  • Classificaton Date - 5/12/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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: 5/12/1999 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    SAAL5

    Sassafras albidum

    sassafras

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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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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Loose leaf litter from mixed oak and hickory and some pines.; Partially decomposed litter.
    Oi/Oe—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # WVU00228
    A/E—5 to 9 centimeters (2.0 to 3.5 inches); silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 7.0 very fine to medium roots; 1 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00229
    BE1—9 to 17 centimeters (3.5 to 6.7 inches); silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00230
    BE2—17 to 37 centimeters (6.7 to 14.6 inches); silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00231
    Bt—37 to 57 centimeters (14.6 to 22.4 inches); silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) iron depletions; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6); 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00232. patchy - phpvsfiid 722277; patchy - phpvsfiid 722277
    Btx1—57 to 83 centimeters (22.4 to 32.7 inches); silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6); 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00233. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 722278; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 722278
    Btx2—83 to 116 centimeters (32.7 to 45.7 inches); silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; very firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6); 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00234. continuous - phpvsfiid 722279; continuous - phpvsfiid 722279
    Btx3—116 to 150 centimeters (45.7 to 59.1 inches); silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 0.5 roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # WVU00235. continuous - phpvsfiid 722280; continuous - phpvsfiid 722280