IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Backbay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Backb-5
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA810-383
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0383
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50984
  • Print Date: 1/25/2025

    • 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: 36.5673218
  • Std. Longitude: -75.9728622
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 6000 feet east of Public Landing Road and 6100 feet north of VA-NC state line
  • Map Unit: 5—Backbay mucky peat
  • 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: 36075-E8—Knotts Island, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, thermic Histic Humaquepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Backbay
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, thermic Histic Humaquepts
  • PSC - 58 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/27/2009 (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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    Oi—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mucky peat; structureless massive; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03831
    2Cg1—33 to 79 centimeters (13.0 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; structureless massive; moderately sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03832
    2Cg2—79 to 137 centimeters (31.1 to 53.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; structureless massive; moderately sticky, nonplastic; 0.9 medium roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    2Cg3—137 to 150 centimeters (53.9 to 59.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; structureless massive; moderately sticky, nonplastic; 0.9 medium roots; fragments.