IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kempsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978VA159065
  • User Pedon ID: S1978VA159065
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0313
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45867
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 0.5 mile north on VA 646 from US 360 west of Warsaw and 250 feet east into field.
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA159—Richmond
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA159—Richmond County, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 65
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kempsville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: marine sediments
  • Landscape: costal upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01667
    B1t—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 medium and 21.0 fine tubular pores; sand coats and clay bridges; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01668
    B21t—33 to 69 centimeters (13.0 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; clay films; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01669. Sampled 23-25 inches, 78P1670 and 25-57 inches, 78P1671.; continuous - phpvsfiid 259477; continuous - phpvsfiid 259477
    B22t&A1b—69 to 107 centimeters (27.2 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; 21 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; thin clay films; 3 percent iron-manganese nodules; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01672. Sampled at 27-29 inches, 78P1672; 29-31 inches, 78P1673; 31-34 inches, 78P1674; 34-37 inches, 78P1675; 37-40 inches, 78P1676; 40-42 inches, 78P1677.; continuous - phpvsfiid 259478; continuous - phpvsfiid 259478
    B23t&A2b—107 to 147 centimeters (42.1 to 57.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; thin clay films and sand coats and clay bridges; 1 percent fine iron-manganese nodules; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01678. Sampled at 43-44 inches, 78P1679; 44-46 inches, 78P1680; 10YR6/4 material 78P1681.; patchy - phpvsfiid 259479; patchy - phpvsfiid 259479
    B24tb—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; thin clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green. Lab sample # 78P01682. continuous - phpvsfiid 259482; continuous - phpvsfiid 259482