IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Assateague

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: VPI-Assat-6

User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-017

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - VPI

Lab Pedon # - VPI0017

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50971

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: 37.9851639

Std. Longitude: -75.2760944

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: about 1.0 mile east-southeast 124 degrees of Cherrytree Hill Bay and 1.0 mile east-northeast 84 degrees of Smith Bay on Assteague Island

Map Unit: AtD—Assateague fine sand, 2 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 - 9/10/2009

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/10/2009 (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
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
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