IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frederick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-RK-3E
  • User Pedon ID: V1985-VA770-333
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0333
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51861
  • 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: 37.3123667
  • Std. Longitude: -80.0012639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: (Salem topographic quadrangle); about 0.3 miles southeast of the junction of Highways VA-117 and Cove Road near Medley in Roanoke County
  • Map Unit: 18C—Frederick silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA770—Roanoke City
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA161—Roanoke County and the Cities of Roanoke and Salem, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37080-C1—Salem, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frederick
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • PSC - 31 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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 31 centimeters (0.0 to 12.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03331
    Bt1—31 to 81 centimeters (12.2 to 31.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03331, VPI03333, VPI03332
    Bt2—81 to 157 centimeters (31.9 to 61.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of reduced iron; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03332, VPI03334, VPI03331
    Bt3—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); variegated reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # VPI03334