IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dragston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Drags-13
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA810-410
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0410
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51143
  • 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: 36.6365471
  • Std. Longitude: -76.0318298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 3180 feet south-southeast of junction of South Stowe Road and Pruncess Anne Road and 2000 feet east of Princess Anne Road
  • 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 - 20 to 70 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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04101
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) loam; 49 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine faint light gray (10YR 7/1) masses of reduced iron and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04102
    Bt2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) loam; 48 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films between sand grains; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04103
    Btg—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loam; 51 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 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 prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04104. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472044; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472044
    BCtg—84 to 97 centimeters (33.1 to 38.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) fine sandy loam; 57 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films between sand grains; 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # VPI04105
    2C—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; 91 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # VPI04106