IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Molena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Molen-8
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-089
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0089
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51225
  • 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: 37.8608017
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5274124
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 1.0 mile south-southwest 200 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-803 and VA-679 and 1.0 mile south-southeast 170 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-679 and VA-694 near Assawoman
  • 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-G5—Bloxom, 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 - 9/10/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/10/2009 (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 4/3) loamy coarse 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 # VPI00891
    C1—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy coarse sand; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00892
    C2—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; 4 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00893
    C3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; 6 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00894
    C4—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 7 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00895
    C5—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # VPI00896