IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Molena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Molen-3
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-084
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0084
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51220
  • 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: 37.9254951
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5006332
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 0.8 mile north-northeast 328 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-679 and VA-766 and 0.7 mile south 180 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-679 and VA-175 near Wattsville
  • Map Unit: MoD—Molena loamy sand, 6 to 35 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-H5—Hallwood, 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 - 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); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00841
    Bt1—15 to 76 centimeters (5.9 to 29.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) 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; 10 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00842
    Bt2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) 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; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00843
    C1—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00844
    C2—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # VPI00845