IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nimmo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Nimmo-1
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-101
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51249
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 37.8232040
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5828171
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 600 yards north-northeast 48 degrees of the junction of Highways US-13 and VA-187 and 500 yards south-southwest 214 degrees of the junction of Highways US-13 and VA-775 near Nelsonia
  • Map Unit: NmA—Nimmo sandy loam, 0 to 2 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Endoaquults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nimmo
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Endoaquults
  • PSC - 15 to 65 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); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01011
    Btg1—15 to 71 centimeters (5.9 to 28.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 25 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01012
    Btg2—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 5 percent medium distinct yellow (10YR 7/8) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent coarse distinct yellow (10YR 7/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01013
    Cg1—81 to 127 centimeters (31.9 to 50.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; 12 percent medium distinct yellow (10YR 7/8) masses of oxidized iron and 12 percent coarse distinct yellow (10YR 7/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01014
    Cg2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # VPI01015