IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Assateague
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Assat-3
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50968
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.9086000
  • Std. Longitude: -75.3289167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 1.5 miles east-southeast 98 degrees of the Assteague lighthouse and 1.4 miles north-northeast 30 degrees of the Assteague Visitor's Center on Assteague 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-H3—Chincoteague East, 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 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00141
    C1—5 to 102 centimeters (2.0 to 40.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00142, VPI00143
    C2—102 to 216 centimeters (40.2 to 85.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # VPI00144