IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Huntington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S99-WV031-007
  • User Pedon ID: S99WV031007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S99-WV031-007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - WVU
  • Lab Pedon # - WVU0053
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47609
  • 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: 39.0208333
  • Std. Longitude: -79.0061111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 30 yards Northeast of the South Branch River, 15 yards South of the northern boundary of the newly purchased DNR fisherman access site. DNR Fisherman Access Site- 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: 39079-A1—Rig, West Virginia

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: recent alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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:
  • 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

    DAGL

    MAPO

    POA

    Dactylis glomerata

    Maclura pomifera

    Poa

    orchardgrass

    Osage-orange

    bluegrass

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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
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    Ap1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 7.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00180
    Ap2—9 to 28 centimeters (3.5 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 7.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 medium tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00181
    BA—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00182
    Bw—41 to 113 centimeters (16.1 to 44.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00183
    BC—113 to 150 centimeters (44.5 to 59.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # WVU00184