IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Molena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Molen-4
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-085
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0085
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51221
  • 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: 37.7665329
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6918640
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 0.8 mile west-northwest 304 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-661 and VA-763 and 1.0 mile west 270 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-316 and VA-763 near Lee Mont.
  • 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-G6—Parksley, 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 - 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 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00851
    C1—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00852
    C2—25 to 63 centimeters (9.8 to 24.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00853
    C3—63 to 127 centimeters (24.8 to 50.0 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00854
    C4—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # VPI00855