IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dragston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Drags-6
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-067
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0067
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51151
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.0078389
  • Std. Longitude: -75.4186472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 0.6 mile east-southeast 110 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-679 and the VA-MD state line and 1.6 miles west-northwest 284 degrees of Guy's Pint near Greenbackville
  • Map Unit: DrA—Dragston fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA001—Accomack
  • MLRA: 153B—Tidewater Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA001—Accomack County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38075-A4—Girdletree, Maryland

    • 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 - 15 to 65 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) loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00671
    Bt—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very 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 brownish gray (10YR 6/2) masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00672
    Btg—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00673
    Cg1—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00674
    Cg2—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # VPI00675