IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Molena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Molen-9
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-090
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0090
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51226
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 37.7543831
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6660614
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 0.6 mile south-southeast 160 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-661 and VA-763 and 0.9 mile south-southwest 215 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-316 and VA-667 near Parksley
  • 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 - 3 to 53 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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    12

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00901
    Bt1—3 to 25 centimeters (1.2 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, 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 # VPI00902
    Bt2—25 to 63 centimeters (9.8 to 24.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, 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 # VPI00903
    C1—63 to 102 centimeters (24.8 to 40.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00904
    C2—102 to 203 centimeters (40.2 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # VPI00905