IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Altavista
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Altav-2
  • User Pedon ID: V1984-VA081-208
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0208
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50950
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 36.5656700
  • Std. Longitude: -77.4863815
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 miles west southwest of the junction of Highways VA-625 and VA-622 and about 0.9 miles south of Highway VA-625
  • Map Unit: 3A—Altavista fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA081—Greensville
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-RIC—Richmond, Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA081—Greensville County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36077-E4—Claresville, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Altavista
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 8 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02081
    Bt1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sandy loam; 61 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent distinct clay films between sand grains and 38 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 25 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02082
    Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sandy clay loam; 53 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 21 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 25 percent distinct clay films between sand grains and 25 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains and 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02083
    Bt3—51 to 114 centimeters (20.1 to 44.9 inches); variegated strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) fine sandy loam; 64 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct clay films between sand grains and 35 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02084
    C—114 to 165 centimeters (44.9 to 65.0 inches); variegated brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and light gray (N 7/), loamy fine sand; 85 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # VPI02085