IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nansemond
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988VA033003
  • User Pedon ID: 88VA033003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0653
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60771
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1000 feet E of Caroline-Essex county line on Rt. 17, 50 feet S of Rt. 17.
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA033—Caroline

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nansemond
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, siliceous Aquic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    6

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    9

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    1A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    1E—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    1Bt1—20 to 66 centimeters (7.9 to 26.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03465
    1BC—66 to 107 centimeters (26.0 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior loamy sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) mottles; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03466. very few to few 7.5YR56 mottles; very few to few 10YR62 mottles
    1C1—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) interior loamy sand, sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) mottles; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. very few to few 7.5YR56 mottles; very few to few 10YR62 mottles
    2C2—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; single grain; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. very few to few 7.5YR56 mottles