IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Dragston
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
VPI-Drags-3
User Pedon ID:
V1992-VA001-064
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
VPI
Lab Pedon # -
VPI0064
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
51148
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
37.8346672
Std. Longitude:
-75.5566406
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
about 600 yards west-northwest 280 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-679 and VA-769 and 0.7 mile north-northwest 328 degrees of the junction of Highways VA679 and VA-604 near Modest Town
Map Unit:
DrA—Dragston fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
State:
Virginia
County:
VA001—Accomack
MLRA:
153B—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-G5—Bloxom, Virginia
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Endoaquults
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Dragston
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Endoaquults
PSC -
25 to 75 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
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Slope Length USLE
Upslope Length
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MAP
REAP
FFD
MAAT
MSAT
MWAT
MAST
MSST
MWST
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PE Index
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Climate Station Name
Climate Station Type
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Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00641
Bt—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) masses of reduced iron and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00642
Btg1—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00643
Btg2—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00644
Cg—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # VPI00645