IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fisherman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Fishe-2
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-073
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0073
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51178
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.8952722
  • Std. Longitude: -75.3602944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 1.1 miles south-southwest 194 degrees of the Assateague lighthouse and 1.2 miles west-northwest 290 degrees of the Assteague Visitors Center on Assateague Island
  • Map Unit: FrB—Fisherman-Camocca complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA001—Accomack
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • 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 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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) 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 # VPI00731
    C1—8 to 56 centimeters (3.1 to 22.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00732, VPI00733
    2C2—56 to 114 centimeters (22.0 to 44.9 inches); variegated pale brown (10YR 6/3) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00733, VPI00734
    3Cg—114 to 216 centimeters (44.9 to 85.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # VPI00735