IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orange
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978VA145009
  • User Pedon ID: 78VA145009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0503
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46057
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.5417213
  • Std. Longitude: -78.0080490
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 8 mi W of Powhatan, VA, 1.7 mi S of US 60 and County road 627.
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA145—Powhatan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Niles McLoda
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orange
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02924. common fine roots
    1A2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02925. 25% dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) krotovinias.; common fine roots
    1B&A—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02926. 30% A2 matrial. Thin brown (10YR 5/3) silt coatings, continuous on vertical and patchy on horizontal faces of peds.; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR62 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 213715; patchy - phpvsfiid 213715
    1B2t—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior clay; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02927. few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR62 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 213716; patchy - phpvsfiid 213716
    1C1—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy clay loam; friable; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02928. Very dartk grayish brown (10YR 3/2) vertical streaks 1 cm wide at 3 to 5 cm intervals; weak coarse vertical structure.; common fine mica flakes concentrations
    1C2—81 to 140 centimeters (31.9 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior sandy loam; massive; friable; 30 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 78P02929. Many fine distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) specks.; many fine mica flakes concentrations