IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Backbay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Backb-0
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA810-388
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0388
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50979
  • 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: 36.6782722
  • Std. Longitude: -75.9196014
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 1900 feet from the eastern side of Long Island and 1000 feet from the northern edge of Long Island in the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
  • 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-F8—North Bay, 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 - 53 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/2009
  • 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: 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
    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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    Oe—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) mucky peat; structureless massive; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03881
    A—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03882
    Cg1—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy clay loam; structureless massive; moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 medium roots; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03883
    Cg2—84 to 119 centimeters (33.1 to 46.9 inches); gray (N 6/), silty clay loam; structureless massive; slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03884
    Cg3—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (N 6/), silty clay loam; structureless massive; slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent coarse distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # VPI03885