IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nimmo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Nimmo-7
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-108
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0108
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51811
  • 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: 37.9776878
  • Std. Longitude: -75.4802475
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 1.1 miles west-northwest 306 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-679 and VA-709 and 1.4 miles south-southwest 224 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-679 and VA-712 near Horntown
  • 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-H4—Chincoteague West, 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 - 8 to 58 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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01081
    Btg—8 to 63 centimeters (3.1 to 24.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent medium distinct olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct light red (2.5YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01082
    Cg—63 to 152 centimeters (24.8 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent medium distinct yellow (10YR 7/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent coarse distinct yellow (10YR 7/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # VPI01083