IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chapanoke
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Chapa-1
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA810-397
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0397
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51053
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 36.8334351
  • Std. Longitude: -75.9873505
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 450 feet south-southwest of junction of Indian Road and Delaware Avenue and 2400 feet southwest of Cypress and Norfolk Avenue
  • Map Unit: 8—Chapanoke silt 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: 36075-G8—Virginia Beach, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Endoaquults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chapanoke
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Endoaquults
  • PSC - 26 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/29/2009 (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 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 10 percent sand; 78 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 medium and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03971
    E—11 to 26 centimeters (4.3 to 10.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 8 percent sand; 77 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03972
    Bt1—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 6 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 31 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 11.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 10.0 fine pores; 5 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03973. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470859; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470860; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470859; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470860
    Bt2—41 to 72 centimeters (16.1 to 28.3 inches); variegated gray (10YR 5/1) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 11.0 very fine and 10.0 fine pores; 5 percent clay films on bottom faces of peds and 5 percent silt coats on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03974. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470861; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470862; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470861; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470862
    Bt3—72 to 102 centimeters (28.3 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 12 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 5 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03975. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470863; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470864; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470863; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470864
    Bt4—102 to 138 centimeters (40.2 to 54.3 inches); greenish gray (5GY 6/1) silt loam; 24 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 11.0 very fine and 10.0 fine pores; ; 1 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent iron-manganese concretions on surfaces along root channels and 25 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; and 21 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03976
    Bt5—138 to 214 centimeters (54.3 to 84.3 inches); variegated greenish gray (5GY 6/1) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; 32 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 11.0 very fine and 10.0 fine pores; and 5 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions on surfaces along root channels; 21 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03977. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470866; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470867; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470866; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470867
    Bt6—214 to 257 centimeters (84.3 to 101.2 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) silty clay; 9 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 43 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 5 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions on surfaces along root channels and 25 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03978. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470869; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470870; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470869; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470870
    2C—257 to 359 centimeters (101.2 to 141.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) stratified stratified loamy sand to sand to coarse sand to fine sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # VPI03979