IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Yeopim
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Yeopi-3
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA810-474
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0474
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51956
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024
  • 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: 36.8480377
  • Std. Longitude: -76.0054398
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 3000 feet southwest of Virginia Beach Expressway and Birdneck Road interchange, 2700 feet northwest of Virginia Beach Boulevard and Birdneck Road junction in the northern part of the City of Virginia Beach
  • Map Unit: 43—Yeopim 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: 36076-G1—Princess Anne, Virginia
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Yeopim
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/2009 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; 18 percent sand; 71 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 11.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 medium and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04741
    E—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 6 percent sand; 72 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 medium and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04742
    Bt1—15 to 31 centimeters (5.9 to 12.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 6 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04743. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 471047; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 471047
    Bt2—31 to 51 centimeters (12.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VPI04744. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 471048; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 471048
    Btg—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay; 6 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 41 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04745. continuous - phpvsfiid 471049; continuous - phpvsfiid 471049
    2C1—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); variegated brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and brown (10YR 5/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; 67 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 14 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; 3 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04746
    3C2—97 to 188 centimeters (38.2 to 74.0 inches); variegated brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and gray (10YR 6/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 17 percent sand; 59 percent silt; 24 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 3 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # VPI04747
    3C3—188 to 206 centimeters (74.0 to 81.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 37 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # VPI04748
    4C4—206 to 231 centimeters (81.1 to 90.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; 84 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 10 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # VPI04749
    5C5—231 to 297 centimeters (90.9 to 116.9 inches); variegated light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 14 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 37 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # VPI0474a