IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Molena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Molen-2
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-083
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0083
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51219
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.9557152
  • Std. Longitude: -75.4788284
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 1.3 miles south-southwest 222 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-679 and VA-709 and 1.9 miles north-northeast 38 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-679 and VA-175 near Wattsville
  • Map Unit: MoB—Molena loamy sand, 0 to 6 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-H4—Chincoteague West, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Psammentic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Molena
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, thermic Psammentic Hapludults
  • PSC - 20 to 70 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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00831
    Bt1—20 to 76 centimeters (7.9 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) 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; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00832
    Bt2—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) 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; 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00833
    C1—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00834
    C2—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); 10Y 7/4 (10Y 7/4) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 10 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) masses of reduced iron and 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # VPI00835