IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nimmo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Nimmo-3
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-104
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51807
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 37.7478294
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7447357
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 1.1 miles west-northwest 310 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-657 and VA-658 and 1.4 miles west-northwest 280 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-658 and VA-660 near Deep Creek
  • 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-F6—Accomac, 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 - 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01041
    Bg1—18 to 51 centimeters (7.1 to 20.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 25 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01042
    Bg2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01043
    Bg3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; 10 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) masses of reduced iron and 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01044
    Cg1—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; 12 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 12 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01045
    Cg2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); 10Y 8/2 (10Y 8/2) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # VPI01046