IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rappahannock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Rappa-3
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA810-456
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0456
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51843
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 36.8977139
  • Std. Longitude: -76.0958861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In marsh next to Lynnhaven River
  • Map Unit: 32—Rappahannock mucky peat, strongly saline
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA810—Virginia Beach City
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA810—City of Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36076-H1—Cape Henry, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, euic, thermic Terric Sulfisaprists
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rappahannock
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, euic, thermic Terric Sulfisaprists
  • PSC - 86 to 116 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/2009
  • 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: 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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    C—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; structureless massive; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10.0 medium roots and 11.0 fine roots; fragments; of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt smooth boundary.
    2Oa—20 to 86 centimeters (7.9 to 33.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) muck; structureless massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt smooth boundary.
    3Cg—86 to 175 centimeters (33.9 to 68.9 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 43 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04561
    4Oa—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) muck; structureless massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon).