*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S1979wv067008

( Nicholas, West Virginia )

Print Date: Apr 18 2024 2:29PM

Sampled as on Jun 1, 1979:	Buchanan ; Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudult
Revised to correlated on Jul 9, 2007:	Buchanan ; Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudults

				United States Department of Agriculture
SSL	-	Project	CP79WV188   NICHOLAS COUNTY	Natural Resources Conservation Service
	-	Site ID	S1979WV067008   Lat: 38° 18' 12.00" north  Long: 80° 37' 59.99" west  MLRA: 127	National Soil Survey Center
	-	Pedon No.	79P0246	Soil Survey Laboratory
	-	General Methods 1B1A, 2A1, 2B		Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-3866

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Layer	Horizon	Orig Hzn	Depth (cm)	Field Label 1	Field Label 2	Field Label 3	Field Texture	Lab Texture
79P01291	A	A1	0-7					SL
79P01292	E	A2	7-18					FSL
79P01293	B	B1	18-30					L
79P01294	Bt	B2t	30-51					L
79P01295	Bx1	Bx1	51-71					FSL
79P01296	Bx2	Bx2	71-153					FSL

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Pedon Calculations
Calculation Name	Result	Units of Measure
CEC Activity, CEC7/Clay, Weighted Average	0.33	(NA)
Clay, carbonate free, Weighted Average	20	% wt
Weighted Particles, 0.1-75mm, 75 mm Base	70	% wt
Volume, >2mm, Weighted Average	34	% vol
Clay, total, Weighted Average	20	% wt
Weighted averages based on control section: 30-51 cm

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PSDA  &  Rock Fragments				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-	-15-	-16-	-17-	-18-
					(- - - - - Total - - - - - -)			(- - Clay - - -)		(- - - - Silt - - - - -)		(- - - - - - - - - - - - Sand - - - - - - - - - - - -)					( Rock Fragments   (mm) )
				Lab	Clay	Silt	Sand	Fine	CO3	Fine	Coarse	VF	F	M	C	VC	(- - - - - - - - Weight - - - - - - - -)				>2 mm
				Text-	<	.002	.05	<	<	.002	.02	.05	.10	.25	.5	1	2	5	20	.1-	wt %
	Depth			ure	.002	-.05	-2	.0002	.002	-.02	-.05	-.10	-.25	-.50	-1	-2	-5	-20	-75	75	whole
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep		(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of <2mm Mineral Soil - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)												(- - - - - - - % of <75mm - - - - - -)				soil
				3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a			3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3B1	3B1	3B1
79P01291	0-7	A	S	sl	15.1	14.3	70.6			8.2	6.1	15.4	23.1	21.8	4.5	5.8	1	10	42	79	53
79P01292	7-18	E	S	fsl	13.9	31.4	54.7			23.8	7.6	19.5	18.3	14.0	1.4	1.5	3	28	31	75	62
79P01293	18-30	B	S	l	17.8	34.4	47.8			26.4	8.0	16.3	13.7	12.1	3.0	2.7	1	7	32	59	40
79P01294	30-51	Bt	S	l	19.6	33.5	46.9			27.4	6.1	7.8	16.7	12.1	4.5	5.8	1	12	37	70	50
79P01295	51-71	Bx1	S	fsl	15.8	30.9	53.3			21.9	9.0	19.1	16.7	11.4	2.8	3.3	3	12	35	67	50
79P01296	71-153	Bx2	S	fsl	13.8	32.1	54.1			24.3	7.8	19.1	15.5	12.3	3.2	4.0	5	16	33	70	54

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S1979wv067008

( Nicholas, West Virginia )

Print Date: Apr 18 2024 2:29PM

Sampled As	:	Buchanan		Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudult
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  79P0246

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Bulk Density  &  Moisture				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-
				(Bulk Density)		Cole	(- - - - - - - - - - - Water Content - - - - - - - - - - -)					( Air Dry-Oven Dry )		WRD	Aggst
				33	Oven	Whole	6	10	33	1500	1500 kPa	(- - - - Ratio - - - -)		Whole	Stabl	(- - Ratio/Clay - -)
	Depth			kPa	Dry	Soil	kPa	kPa	kPa	kPa	Moist		Corrected	Soil	2-0.5mm	CEC7	1500 kPa
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - g cm-3 - - -)			(- - - - - - - - - - - - pct of < 2mm - - - - - - - - - - - -)							cm3 cm-3	%
				4A1d	4A1h				4B1c	3C2a1a		3D1		4C1		8D1	8D1
79P01291	0-7	A	S							52.5		1.056				3.76	3.48
79P01292	7-18	E	S							9.2		1.013				0.94	0.66
79P01293	18-30	B	S							6.0		1.008				0.37	0.34
79P01294	30-51	Bt	S	1.34	1.44	0.016			28.5	7.6		1.008		0.19		0.33	0.39
79P01295	51-71	Bx1	S	1.58	1.63	0.007			21.4	6.3		1.006		0.15		0.29	0.40
79P01296	71-153	Bx2	S	1.70	1.71	0.001			18.7	5.3		1.006		0.13		0.32	0.38

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Carbon  &  Extractions

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

-19-

(- - - - - Total - - - - -)

Est

OC

C/N

(- - - Dith-Cit Ext - - -)

(- - - - - - Ammonium Oxalate Extraction - - - - - -)

(- - - Na Pyro-Phosphate - - -)

Depth

C

N

S

OC

(WB)

Ratio

Fe

Al

Mn

Al+½Fe

ODOE

Fe

Al

Si

Mn

C

Fe

Al

Mn

Layer

(cm)

Horz

Prep

(- - - - - - - - - - % of <2 mm - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of < 2mm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

mg kg-1

(- - - - - - % of < 2mm - - - - -)

6B1b

6A1c

79P01291

0-7

A

S

1.530

25.31

17

79P01292

7-18

E

S

0.243

3.96

16

79P01293

18-30

B

S

0.082

1.18

14

79P01294

30-51

Bt

S

0.43

79P01295

51-71

Bx1

S

0.13

79P01296

71-153

Bx2

S

0.12

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CEC  &  Bases				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-
				(- - - - - - NH4OAC Extractable Bases - - - - -)								CEC8	CEC7	ECEC		(- - - - Base - - - -)
								Sum	Acid-	Extr	KCl	Sum	NH4	Bases	Al	(- Saturation -)
	Depth			Ca	Mg	Na	K	Bases	ity	Al	Mn	Cats	OAC	+Al	Sat	Sum	NH4OAC
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - cmol(+) kg-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)							mg kg-1	(- - - - cmol(+) kg-1 - - -)			(- - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - -)
				6N2e	6O2d	6P2b	6Q2b		6H4a	6G9a		5A3a	5A8a	5A3b	5G1	5C3	5C1
79P01291	0-7	A	S	17.3	2.2	--	1.3	20.8	56.4	0.4		77.2	56.8	21.2	2	27	37
79P01292	7-18	E	S	1.4	0.4	--	0.2	2.0	17.6	2.9		19.6	13.0	4.9	59	10	15
79P01293	18-30	B	S	0.2	0.1	--	0.1	0.4	10.8	2.7		11.2	6.5	3.1	87	4	6
79P01294	30-51	Bt	S	0.6	0.4	--	0.1	1.1	8.8	2.4		9.9	6.4	3.5	69	11	17
79P01295	51-71	Bx1	S	0.6	0.6	tr	0.1	1.3	6.5	1.4		7.8	4.6	2.7	52	17	28
79P01296	71-153	Bx2	S	0.5	0.6	--	0.1	1.2	6.4	1.2		7.6	4.4	2.4	50	16	27

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S1979wv067008

( Nicholas, West Virginia )

Print Date: Apr 18 2024 2:29PM

Sampled As	:	Buchanan		Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudult
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  79P0246

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Salt

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

-19-

-20-

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Water Extracted From Saturated Paste - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

1:2

Total

Elec

Elec

Exch

Depth

Ca

Mg

Na

K

CO3

HCO3

F

Cl

PO4

Br

OAC

SO4

NO2

NO3

H2O

Salts

Cond

Cond

Na

SAR

Layer

(cm)

Horz

Prep

(- - - - - mmol(+) L-1 - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - mmol(-) L-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - % - - - -)

(- - dS m-1 - -)

%

79P01291

0-7

A

S

--

79P01292

7-18

E

S

--

79P01293

18-30

B

S

--

79P01294

30-51

Bt

S

--

79P01295

51-71

Bx1

S

--

79P01296

71-153

Bx2

S

--

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pH  &  Carbonates

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - pH - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - Carbonate - -)

(- - Gypsum - - -)

CaCl2

As CaCO3

As CaSO4*2H2O

Resist

Depth

0.01M

H2O

Sat

<2mm

<20mm

<2mm

<20mm

ohms

Layer

(cm)

Horz

Prep

KCl

1:2

1:1

Paste

Oxid

NaF

(- - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - -)

cm-1

4C1a2a

4C1a2a

79P01292

7-18

E

S

3.7

3.9

79P01293

18-30

B

S

4.2

4.4

79P01294

30-51

Bt

S

4.2

4.7

79P01295

51-71

Bx1

S

4.3

5.0

79P01296

71-153

Bx2

S

4.3

5.0

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Miscellaneous Data

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

(- Sat Paste Ex. -)

(- Sand -)

( Water Content )

Bulk

(- - - - Extractable Bases - - - -)

(- - - CEC8 - - -)

CO3+

(- - - pH - - -)

M+C+VC

Moist Sieved

Density

Depth

Ca

Mg

Na

K

NaOAC

BaCl2

Ca+Mg

HCO3

CaCl2

H2O

.25-2

100 kPa

200 kPa

10 kPa

Layer

(cm)

Horz

Prep

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - cmol(+)kg-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

mmol(+)L-1

mmol(-)L-1

1:10

1:10

(- - - - - % of <2mm - - - - -)

g cm-3

NK

NK

79P01291

0-7

A

S

4.3

5.1

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S1979wv067008

( Nicholas, West Virginia )

Print Date: Apr 18 2024 2:29PM

Sampled As	:	Buchanan		Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudult
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  79P0246

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Clay Mineralogy (<.002 mm)

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

X-Ray

Thermal

Elemental

EGME

Inter

SiO2

Al2O3

Fe2O3

MgO

CaO

K2O

Na2O

Retn

preta

Depth

Fract

7A2i

7A3b

&nbsp;

7C3

&nbsp;

tion

Layer

(cm)

Horz

ion

( - - - - - - - - - peak size - - - - - - - - - - )

(- - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

mg g-1

79P01294

30.0-51.0

Bt

tcly

KK 3

VR 3

MI 2

QZ 1

&nbsp;

KK 4

&nbsp;

&nbsp;

&nbsp;

&nbsp;

&nbsp;

8.9

&nbsp;

&nbsp;

2.0

&nbsp;

&nbsp;

&nbsp;

79P01296

71.0-153.0

Bx2

tcly

KK 3

MI 2

VR 2

&nbsp;

&nbsp;

KK 2

&nbsp;

&nbsp;

&nbsp;

&nbsp;

&nbsp;

8.4

&nbsp;

&nbsp;

1.7

&nbsp;

&nbsp;

&nbsp;

FRACTION INTERPRETATION:
tcly - Total Clay <0.002 mm	&nbsp;	&nbsp;	&nbsp;	&nbsp;

MINERAL INTERPRETATION:
KK Kaolinite	MI Mica	QZ Quartz	VR Vermiculite	 

RELATIVE PEAK SIZE:

5 Very Large

4 Large

3 Medium

2 Small

1 Very Small

6 No Peaks

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S1979wv067008

( Nicholas, West Virginia )

Print Date: Apr 18 2024 2:29PM

Sampled As	:	Buchanan		Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudult
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  79P0246

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Sand - Silt Mineralogy (2.0-0.002 mm)

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

X-Ray

Thermal

Optical

EGME

Inter

Tot Re

Grain Count

Retn

preta

Depth

Fract

 

 

 

7B1a2

 

tion

Layer

(cm)

Horz

ion

( - - - - - - - - peak size - - - - - - - - - )

(- - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

mg g-1

79P01294

30.0-51.0

Bt

vfs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

92

QZ 83

KK 6

MS 3

OP 3

FK 2

CL 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EP tr

ZR tr

TM tr

CA tr

BT tr

 

 

79P01296

71.0-153.0

Bx2

vfs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

92

QZ 85

KK 6

MS 4

FK 2

CL 2

OP 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TM tr

ZR tr

 

 

 

 

 

FRACTION INTERPRETATION:
vfs - Very Fine Sand 0.05-0.1 mm	 	 	 	 

MINERAL INTERPRETATION:
BT Biotite	CA Calcite	CL Chlorite	EP Epidote	FK Potassium Feldspar
KK Kaolinite	MS Muscovite	OP Opaques	QZ Quartz	TM Tourmaline
ZR Zircon	 	 	 	 

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S1979wv067008

( Nicholas, West Virginia )

Print Date: Apr 18 2024 2:29PM

Sampled As	:	Buchanan		Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudult
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  79P0246

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Sand - Silt Mineralogy (2.0-0.002 mm)

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

X-Ray

Thermal

Optical

EGME

Inter

Tot Re

Grain Count

Retn

preta

Depth

Fract

 

 

 

7B

 

tion

Layer

(cm)

Horz

ion

( - - - - - - - - peak size - - - - - - - - - )

(- - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

mg g-1

79P01294

30.0-51.0

Bt

vfs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

92

QZ 83

KK 6

MS 3

OP 3

FK 2

CL 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EP tr

ZR tr

TM tr

CA tr

BT tr

 

 

79P01296

71.0-153.0

Bx2

vfs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

92

QZ 85

KK 6

MS 4

FK 2

CL 2

OP 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TM tr

ZR tr