IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Augusta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Augus-2
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA810-376
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0376
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50977
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 36.7766876
  • Std. Longitude: -76.0423279
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 4900 feet southeast of junction of Swamp Road and London Bridge Road and 1350 feet south-southeast of junction of Harper Road and London Bridge 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-G1—Princess Anne, 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 - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/2009 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; 34 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03761
    Bt1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) loam; 34 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 5 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VPI03762
    Bt2—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silt loam; 31 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 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 iron-manganese concretions and 5 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) masses of reduced iron and 5 percent medium faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VPI03763. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470850; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470850
    Btg1—64 to 107 centimeters (25.2 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loam; 30 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 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 iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) masses of reduced iron and 20 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03764. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470852; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470852
    Btg2—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; 29 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 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 medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03765. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470854; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470854
    2Cg—140 to 178 centimeters (55.1 to 70.1 inches); variegated light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sandy loam; 67 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 15 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # VPI03766