IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Emporia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Empor-5
  • User Pedon ID: V1984-VA081-238
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0238
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51164
  • 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: 36.5714760
  • Std. Longitude: -77.5683517
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.4 miles north of the junction of Highways I-95 and VA-631 and 165 yards west of Highway I-95
  • Map Unit: 12B—Emporia loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • 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-E5—Skippers, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Emporia
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/2009 (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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) fine sandy loam; 72 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 medium roots and 11.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02381
    E—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) fine sandy loam; 64 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 8 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02382
    Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct 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; 25 percent medium distinct pale olive (5Y 6/3) masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02383
    Bt2—46 to 91 centimeters (18.1 to 35.8 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 52 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 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; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02384
    2Bt3—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); variegated strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak coarse platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 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; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02385
    3C—127 to 178 centimeters (50.0 to 70.1 inches); variegated strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 18 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # VPI02386