IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Augusta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Augus-1
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA810-375
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0375
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50976
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 36.7167053
  • Std. Longitude: -76.0515671
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 2000 feet south of junction of Indian River Road and West Neck Road and 6200 feet north-northwet of junction of West Neck and West Landing Road
  • Map Unit: 3—Augusta loam
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA810—Virginia Beach City
  • MLRA: 153B—Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-RIC—Richmond, Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA810—City of Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36076-F1—Pleasant Ridge, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Endoaquults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Augusta
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Endoaquults
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/2009 (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
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loam; 49 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; ; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03751
    Bt1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) loam; 47 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films between sand grains; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03752
    Bt2—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) loam; 38 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 21 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) masses of reduced iron and 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03753. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470843; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470843
    Bt3—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) loam; 33 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 19 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03754. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470845; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470845
    BCtg—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); variegated gray (10YR 6/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy loam; 66 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films between sand grains; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03755. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470847; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470847
    Cg1—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); variegated gray (10YR 6/1) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy sand; 81 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 6 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03756
    Cg2—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sand; 90 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 3 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # VPI03757