IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Molena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Molen-7
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-088
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0088
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51224
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 37.9891243
  • Std. Longitude: -75.4415665
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 1.2 miles west-northwest 304 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-679 and VA-712 and 1.7 miles north-northeast 40 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-679 and VA-709 near Horntown
  • 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-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 - 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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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy 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 # VPI00881
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy 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 # VPI00882
    Bt1—15 to 51 centimeters (5.9 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy coarse sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 4 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00883
    Bt2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; 20 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 30 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00884
    C1—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; 8 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00885
    C2—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00886
    C3—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); variegated brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and yellow (10YR 7/6) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 7 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # VPI00887