IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wickham
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Wickh-6
  • User Pedon ID: V1984-VA081-297
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0297
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51938
  • Print Date: 4/30/2025

    • 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: 36.6219101
  • Std. Longitude: -77.5014725
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.8 miles east of the junction of Highways VA-730 and VA-666 and 1.6 miles south of the Meherrin River
  • Map Unit: 32A—Roanoke silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, ponded
  • 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, 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 - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/2009 (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); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.
    Ap—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) very fine sandy loam; 58 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 7.0 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02971
    Bt1—18 to 34 centimeters (7.1 to 13.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) loam; 33 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 medium roots and 11.0 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; 10 percent medium distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) masses of reduced iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02972
    Bt2—34 to 77 centimeters (13.4 to 30.3 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) sandy clay loam; 52 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 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 faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified and 3 percent medium mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02973
    Bt3—77 to 112 centimeters (30.3 to 44.1 inches); variegated yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy loam; 77 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots and ; and 38 percent distinct clay films between sand grains and 38 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified and 10 percent medium mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02974
    C1—112 to 138 centimeters (44.1 to 54.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) coarse sand; 92 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; 10 percent medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2) masses of reduced iron; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified and 10 percent medium mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02975
    2C2—138 to 148 centimeters (54.3 to 58.3 inches); variegated brown (7.5YR 4/4) and very dark gray (N 3/), extremely gravelly coarse sand; 92 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified and 10 percent medium mica flakes, unspecified; 70 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02976
    2C3—148 to 186 centimeters (58.3 to 73.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly coarse sand; 93 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified and 10 percent medium mica flakes, unspecified; 50 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # VPI02977