IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fisherman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Fishe-10
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-072
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0072
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51177
  • Print Date: 10/31/2024

    • 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: 37.8292528
  • Std. Longitude: -75.4913361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 3.1 miles east-southeast 108 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-679 and VA-689 and 1.2 miles north-northeast 40 degrees of the southern tip of Wallops Island on Wallops Island
  • Map Unit: FmD—Fisherman-Assateague complex, 0 to 35 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA001—Accomack
  • MLRA: 153B—Tidewater Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA001—Accomack County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37075-G4—Wallops Island, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Aquic Udipsamments
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fisherman
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, thermic Aquic Udipsamments
  • 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) fine sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00721
    C1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; 2 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00722
    C2—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00723
    Cg—89 to 216 centimeters (35.0 to 85.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # VPI00724