IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dragston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Drags-12
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA810-409
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0409
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51142
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 36.6655083
  • Std. Longitude: -76.0347748
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 3500 feet southwest of Vaughan Road and Princess Anne Road, and 2500 feet west of Princess Anne Road in east edge of woods
  • Map Unit: 13—Dragston fine sandy 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Endoaquults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dragston
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Endoaquults
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/2009
  • 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: 9/27/2009 (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
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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) sandy loam; 74 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 5 percent skeletans; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04091
    BA—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; 71 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; skeletans and 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04092
    Bt1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; 67 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VPI04093
    Bt2—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) sandy loam; 66 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; clay bridges between sand grains and clay films between sand grains; 5 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium faint light gray (10YR 7/2) masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04094
    Btg1—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) sandy loam; 61 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 fine roots; clay bridges between sand grains and clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 6/1) masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04095
    Btg2—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; clay bridges between sand grains and clay films between sand grains; 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; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04096
    BCtg—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) fine sandy loam; 81 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; clay bridges between sand grains and clay films between sand grains; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04097
    C—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) sand; 97 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; skeletans and ; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # VPI04098