IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Dragston
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
VPI-Drags-15
User Pedon ID:
V1992-VA810-412
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
VPI
Lab Pedon # -
VPI0412
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
51145
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:
36.6681557
Std. Longitude:
-76.0340424
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
about 2700 feet southwest of junction of Vaughan Road and Princess Anne Road and 1300 feet west 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 -
18 to 68 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04121
Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine sandy loam; 52 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) masses of reduced iron and 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04122
Bt2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); variegated light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; 58 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 15 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 15 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04123
BCt—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); variegated light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and light gray (10YR 7/2) loamy sand; 80 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 5 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 5 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04124
C1—81 to 124 centimeters (31.9 to 48.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) sand; 89 percent sand; 11 percent silt; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04125
C2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; 97 percent sand; 3 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # VPI04126