IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S99-WV031-013
  • User Pedon ID: S99WV031013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - WVU
  • Lab Pedon # - WVU0059
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47615
  • 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: 39.1958333
  • Std. Longitude: -78.9397222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Woodlot on the Ron Estepp Property, Hardy County
  • 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

  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) channery silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 15 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00156
    B/E—4 to 19 centimeters (1.6 to 7.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 40 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00157
    Bw1—19 to 39 centimeters (7.5 to 15.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 50 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00158
    Bw2—39 to 54 centimeters (15.4 to 21.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely channery silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 60 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00159
    C—54 to 66 centimeters (21.3 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) extremely channery silt loam; massive; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 70 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WVU00160
    Cr—66 to 83 centimeters (26.0 to 32.7 inches); 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # WVU00161. soft fractured shale