IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelocta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-CT-HI-28
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-WV075-170
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0170
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51113
  • 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: 38.2803056
  • Std. Longitude: -79.7913333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Paddy Knob VA- WV quadrangle; (Pocahontas County, VA); 5000 feet 3 degrees northeast of the intersection of Forest Service Roads 55 and 636; 11300 feet 299 degrees northwest of the intersection of Highways VA-600 and VA-603
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: West Virginia
  • County: WV075—Pocahontas
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WV075—Pocahontas County, West Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38079-C7—Paddy Knob, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Humic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Humic Hapludults
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/27/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    18—43

    43—97

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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

    35

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    1134

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    350

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—3 to 21 centimeters (1.2 to 8.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 21 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01702, VPI01701
    BA—21 to 46 centimeters (8.3 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 22 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent distinct clay films between sand grains; 5 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # VPI01701, VPI01703
    Bt1—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 20 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 29 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # VPI01704, VPI01701
    Bt2—74 to 100 centimeters (29.1 to 39.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very channery clay loam; 22 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 29 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 35 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # VPI01701, VPI01705