IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mattaponi
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Matta-3
  • User Pedon ID: V1984-VA081-261
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0261
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51216
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 36.5529137
  • Std. Longitude: -77.6582260
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.7 miles south of the junction of Highways VA-633 and VA-603 and 1.2 miles northwest of the junction of Highways VA-603 and VA-631
  • Map Unit: 10B3—Craven clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, severely eroded
  • 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-E6—Barley, 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 - 39 to 89 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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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); ; fragments.
    Ap—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loamy sand; 76 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # VPI02611
    E—18 to 39 centimeters (7.1 to 15.4 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02612
    Bt1—39 to 59 centimeters (15.4 to 23.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 44 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 48 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent coarse distinct dark red (10R 3/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02613
    Bt2—59 to 77 centimeters (23.2 to 30.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay; 47 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 49 percent clay; weak coarse platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium distinct red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02614
    Bt3—77 to 100 centimeters (30.3 to 39.4 inches); variegated red (2.5YR 4/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and light gray (10YR 7/1) and red (10R 4/8) sandy clay; 57 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 39 percent clay; weak medium platy, and weak coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02615
    C1—100 to 135 centimeters (39.4 to 53.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy clay loam; 66 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 31 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; 20 percent coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of reduced iron and 20 percent coarse distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) masses of reduced iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02616
    C2—135 to 168 centimeters (53.1 to 66.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy clay loam; 77 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 20 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of reduced iron and 20 percent coarse distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) masses of reduced iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # VPI02617