IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nimmo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Nimmo-9
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-110
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0110
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51813
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 37.6514206
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7271805
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 5 yards south 180 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-639 and VA-672 and 0.7 mile east-northeast 50 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-626 and VA-639 near Melfa
  • 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 - 23 to 73 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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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 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 # VPI01101
    Btg—23 to 76 centimeters (9.1 to 29.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 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 # VPI01102
    Cg—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent coarse distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent coarse distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI01103