IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wickham
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Wickh-2
  • User Pedon ID: V1984-VA081-293
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0293
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51934
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 36.5819206
  • Std. Longitude: -77.3693008
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.1 miles east northeast of the junction of Highways VA-730 and VA-668 and 0.9 miles north northwest of the junction of Highway VA-730 and the Meherrin River
  • Map Unit: 39A—Wickham sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • 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-E3—Margarettsville, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wickham
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • 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 4/3) fine sandy loam; 73 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 10 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02931
    Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 36 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 38 percent distinct clay films between sand grains and 38 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02932
    Bt2—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) sandy clay loam; 53 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 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; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02933
    Bt3—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) fine sandy loam; 82 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 fine roots; 38 percent distinct clay films between sand grains and 38 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02934
    C—102 to 157 centimeters (40.2 to 61.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly coarse sand; 90 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 6 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # VPI02935