LOCATION PEABODY                 WV

Established Series
DJB-SLH/Rev. MDJ
09/2015

PEABODY SERIES

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs

TYPICAL PEDON: Peabody silty clay loam on a 40 percent northeast facing slope under mixed hardwoods at an elevation of 421 meters (1380 feet). (Colors are for moist soils unless otherwise indicated.)

Oi--0 to 3 cm (0 to 1 inch); slightly decomposed organic material.

A--3 to 8 cm (1 to 3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, non-plastic; many very fine and fine roots; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (5 to 15 cm (2 to 6 inches) thick)

Bt1--8 to 28 cm (3 to 11 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; many fine and medium roots; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.

Bt2--28 to 58 cm (11 to 23 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) silty clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few fine roots; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 30 to 97 cm (12 to 38 inches))

C--58 to 71 cm (23 to 28 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) parachannery silty clay; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent shale and siltstone fragments; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 23 cm (0 to 9 inches) thick)

Cr--71 cm (28 inches); weathered red clay shale and siltstone.

TYPE LOCATION:
County: Wetzel
State: West Virginia
USGS Quadrangle: Big Run, West Virginia
Latitude (Decimal Degrees, NAD 83): 39.5624056
Longitude (Decimal Degrees, NAD 83): -80.5873083
Directions to the pedon: About 91 meters (100 yards) northwest of the intersection of Lowman Ridge Road and the north fork of Richwood Run Road near Chutes Cemetery, 2 kilometers (1-1/4 miles) south of Kingston.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the top of the Argillic: 5 to 18 cm (2 to 7 inches)
Depth to the base of the Argillic: 35 to 102 cm (14 to 40 inches)
Solum Thickness: 51 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: 51 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches)
Depth Class: Moderately deep
Rock Fragment content: 0 to 15 percent, by volume, in the A, Ap, BA, and Bt1 horizons, 0 to 25 percent, by volume, in the Bt2 and Bt3 horizons, 0 to 45 percent, by volume, in the BC horizon, and 15 to 70 percent, by volume, in the C horizon
Soil Reaction: Very strongly acid to strongly acid in the A, Ap, BA, Bt, and BC horizons, and very strongly acid to neutral in the C horizon, except where limed
Fine-Earth Fraction: Averages 35 to 50 percent clay and less than 20 percent sand in the particle size control section

Range of Individual Horizons:
A or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR, 7.5YR, or 5YR, value of 2 through 4, and chroma of 2 through 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--silt loam or silty clay loam

BA horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 through 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--silt loam
Thickness--10 to 15 cm

Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR or 2.5YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 3 through 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--silty clay loam, silty clay, or clay

BC horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 3 through 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--silty clay or silty clay loam
Thickness--10 to 23 cm

C horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR or 2.5YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 3 through 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--silty clay loam or silty clay

COMPETING SERIES:
Fauquier soils--have lithic/paralithic materials below the 152 cm depth
Needmore soils--have hue of 5YR or yellower in the solum and substratum
Oak Level soils--have lithic/paralithic materials below the 152 cm depth
Orenda soils--have lithic/paralithic materials below the 152 cm depth
Rasalo soils--have lithic/paralithic materials below the 152 cm depth
Spray soils--have lithic/paralithic materials below the 152 cm depth

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Hills
Landform: Hillslope
MLRA(s): 126, 127
Geomorphic Component: Side slope, nose slope, or head slope
Hillslope Profile Position: Backslope or shoulder
Parent Material: Residuum derived from interbedded clay shale and siltstone
Slope: 3 to 70 percent
Elevation: 143 to 515 meters (469 to 1690 feet)
Frost-free period: 134 to 192 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 10 to 12.8 degrees C. (50 to 55 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1041 to 1219 millimeters (41 to 48 inches)

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Gilpin soils--occur on similar portions of the landform
Sensabaugh soils--occur lower on the landscape, on colluvial footslopes, drainageways, or alluvial fans
Skidmore soils--occur lower on the landscape, along drainageways or floodplains
Upshur soils--occur on similar landforms, but where slope gradient is lower
Vandalia soils--occur on colluvial footslopes, lower on the landscape

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Well
Internal Free Water Occurrence: None
Index Surface Runoff: Medium through very high
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class: Moderately low or moderately high
Permeability Class (obsolete): Moderately slow or slow
Shrink-swell Potential: High
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None

USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Woodland, pasture, hayland, and some cropland
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--Hay, corn, soybeans, and small grains. Where wooded--Mixed hardwoods; mainly oak, yellow-poplar, and hickory.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Western West Virginia, and possibly Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Kentucky
Extent: Large, approximately 280,000 acres at the time of this revision

MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Wetzel County, West Virginia, 1988.

REMARKS:
Peabody soils have previously been included in the Upshur series.
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:

Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 8 cm (0 to 3 inches) (Oi, A horizons)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 8 to 58 cm (3 to 23 inches) (Bt1, Bt2 horizons)
Paralithic contact--71cm (28 inches) (Cr horizon)
Series control section--the zone from 0 to 96 cm (0 to 38 inches)

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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.