IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Huntington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S99-WV031-009
  • User Pedon ID: S99WV031009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S99-WV031-009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - WVU
  • Lab Pedon # - WVU0055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47611
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 39.0530556
  • Std. Longitude: -78.9877778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Northeast corner of newly acquired county park, about 400 yards North of Fisher Road and about 450 yards East of the South Branch River. Hardy County Park
  • 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: Ron Estepp
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Huntington
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: recent alluvium
  • 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: 5/13/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    TRIFO

    Trifolium

    clover

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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); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 7.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00191
    Ap2—9 to 27 centimeters (3.5 to 10.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00192
    Bw1—27 to 87 centimeters (10.6 to 34.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4); 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00193
    Bw2—87 to 126 centimeters (34.3 to 49.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00194
    Bw3—126 to 151 centimeters (49.6 to 59.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 75 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00195
    BC—151 to 175 centimeters (59.4 to 68.9 inches); 7.5YR 2.5/4 (7.5YR 2.5/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) on faces of peds and 75 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # WVU00196