IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weikert
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-CT-AL-6
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA005-145
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0145
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51088
  • 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: 37.7052778
  • Std. Longitude: -80.1502778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Alleghany VA- WV quadrangle; (Alleghany County, VA); 15750 feet 109 degrees southeast of the intersection of Highways VA-311 and VA-159; 2300 feet 300 degrees northwest of the intersection of Highways VA-613 and VA-600
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA005—Alleghany
  • MLRA: 128—Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA005—Alleghany County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37080-F2—Alleghany, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Lithic Udorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weikert
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Lithic Udorthents
  • PSC - 3 to 23 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: strongly coherent slight weathered shale, unspecified at 20cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/27/2009 (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 -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    paralithic contact

    lithic contact

    20—

    43—

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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

    33

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    939

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    220

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) channery loam; 40 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 12 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 3.0 tubular pores; 25 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01451, VPI01452
    Bw—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) channery silt loam; 22 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 fine roots; 3.0 tubular pores; 15 percent by volume flat 2-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # VPI01453, VPI01451
    Cr—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); silt loam; fragments.
    R—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); ; fragments.