IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cottonbend
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VA163 TP Cottonbend l
  • User Pedon ID: VA163 TP Cottonbend l
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0285
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10556
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 37.7136111
  • Std. Longitude: -79.6360278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: in Rockbridge County, VA in an area of Cottonbend loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes; in a cornfield; approximately 800 feet south 98 degrees east of the intersection of VA-612 and VA-807 along North Buffalo Creek in the area of Sanford Hill
  • Map Unit: 11C—Cottonbend loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA163—Rockbridge
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA163—Rockbridge County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37079-F6—Sugarloaf Mountain, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: mec,blw
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cottonbend
  • Classificaton Date - 5/12/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: old alluvium derived from limestone, sandstone, and shale and/or siltstone and/or dolomite
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: intermediate to high stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—51

    51—137

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    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

    11

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loam; moderate medium platy parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01733. RF 10 - 10P.
    Ap2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; moderate fine platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01734. RF 15 - 10P, 5C.
    BE—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01735. RF 30 - 30P.
    Bt1—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01736. RF 20 - 20p; clay films cd.
    Bt2—69 to 109 centimeters (27.2 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) loam; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01737. RF 5 - 5p; clay films cd.
    Bt3—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay loam; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01738. RF 5 - 5P; clay films cd.
    Bt4—137 to 173 centimeters (53.9 to 68.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) very cobbly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # 98P01739. RF 75 - 40C, 25P, 10S; clay films cd.