IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Assateague
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Assat-2
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50967
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.9199639
  • Std. Longitude: -75.3766111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 1.3 miles west-northwest 300 degrees of the Assteague lighthouse and 1.2 miles south 180 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-175 and VA-2124 on Chincoteague Island
  • Map Unit: FmD—Fisherman-Assateague complex, 0 to 35 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA001—Accomack
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA001—Accomack County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37075-H4—Chincoteague West, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Typic Udipsamments
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Assateague
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, thermic Typic Udipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00131
    C1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00132, VPI00133
    C2—30 to 71 centimeters (11.8 to 28.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00133, VPI00134
    C3—71 to 216 centimeters (28.0 to 85.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # VPI00135, VPI00133