IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Camocca
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Camoc-1
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-051
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0051
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51042
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 37.8880424
  • Std. Longitude: -75.3433075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 165 yards west-southwest 230 degrees of the Assteague Visitors Center and 1.8 miles south-southeast 154 degrees of the Assateague lighthouse on Assateague Island
  • Map Unit: CaA—Camocca fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA001—Accomack
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern 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-H3—Chincoteague East, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Typic Psammaquents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Camocca
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, thermic Typic Psammaquents
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 medium roots and 11.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00511
    Cg1—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00512, VPI00513
    Cg2—46 to 216 centimeters (18.1 to 85.0 inches); gray (N 5/), fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # VPI00513, VPI00514