IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Camocca
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Camoc-6
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-057
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0057
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51048
  • 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: 37.9263687
  • Std. Longitude: -75.3319168
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 2.8 miles north-northeast 18 degrees of the Assateague Visitor's Center and 2.0 miles north-northeast 58 degrees of the Assateague lighthouse on Assteague 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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00571
    Cg1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00572
    Cg2—25 to 76 centimeters (9.8 to 29.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00573
    Ab—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); variegated dark gray (10YR 4/1) and gray (10YR 6/1) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00574
    Cg—102 to 216 centimeters (40.2 to 85.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # VPI00575