IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nimmo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Nimmo-5
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-106
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0106
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51809
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 37.6495438
  • Std. Longitude: -75.8535156
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 0.7 mile west-southwest 246 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-631 and VA-632 and 0.5 mile north-northeast 34 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-631 and VA-633 on Hacks Neck
  • 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-F7—Pungoteague, 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 - 13 to 63 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 medium roots and 11.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01061
    Btg1—13 to 46 centimeters (5.1 to 18.1 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; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01062
    Btg2—46 to 89 centimeters (18.1 to 35.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01063
    Btg3—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); gray (N 6/), fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01064
    Cg—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; 10 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # VPI01065