IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Nimmo
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
VPI-Nimmo-10
User Pedon ID:
V1992-VA001-102
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
VPI
Lab Pedon # -
VPI0102
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
51800
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:
37.5537224
Std. Longitude:
-75.8060379
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
about 665 yards north-northeast 28 degrees of the junction of Highways US-13 and VA-181 and 1.1 miles north-northwest 326 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-600 and VA-603 near Belle Haven
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-E7—Exmore, 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 -
20 to 70 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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
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A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 medium roots and 11.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01021
E—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 medium roots and 11.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01022
Btg1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 medium roots and 11.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 20 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01023
Btg2—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 20 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01024
Cg—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; 20 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # VPI01025