IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mattaponi
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Matta-2
  • User Pedon ID: V1984-VA081-260
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0260
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51215
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 36.6406097
  • Std. Longitude: -77.6189804
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 350 yards north northwest of the junction of Highways VA-627 and VA-675, and 200 yards north of Highway VA-675, about 2 miles northeast of Brink
  • Map Unit: 25B—Mattaponi sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA081—Greensville
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 14-7—Richmond, Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA081—Greensville County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36077-F5—Emporia, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, subactive, thermic Oxyaquic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mattaponi
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, subactive, thermic Oxyaquic Hapludults
  • PSC - 20 to 70 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02601
    Bt1—20 to 69 centimeters (7.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 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; 25 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02602
    Bt2—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) sandy clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 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 yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02603
    C—102 to 183 centimeters (40.2 to 72.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) sandy loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of reduced iron and 20 percent medium prominent light gray (5Y 7/2) masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # VPI02604