IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arapahoe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Arapa-6
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50961
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 37.6582336
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7379608
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 0.6 mile north-northeast 24 degrees of the junction of Highways US-13 and VA-626 and 0.6 mile south-southwest 204 degrees of the juncction of Highways US-13 and VA-639 near Melfa
  • Map Unit: AhA—Arapahoe mucky loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA001—Accomack
  • MLRA: 153B—Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-RIC—Richmond, Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA001—Accomack County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37075-F6—Accomac, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, thermic Typic Humaquepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arapahoe
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, thermic Typic Humaquepts
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/2009 (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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    A—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 medium roots and 11.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00071
    Btg1—36 to 76 centimeters (14.2 to 29.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of reduced iron and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00072
    Btg2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of reduced iron and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00073
    Cg—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loamy sand; mottles; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1) masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # VPI00074