IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ORANGE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969VA109001
  • User Pedon ID: S1969VA109001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969VA109001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1301
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34910
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 37.9750481
  • Std. Longitude: -78.1497116
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 miles north of Ferncliff School, on west side of Highway No. 626
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA109—Louisa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA109—Louisa County, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. W. Wills, N. B. Pfeiffer, S. Halsey, and R. Yeck
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ORANGE
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1969
  • 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: 10/27/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DVY7W-104
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIPA2

    Pinus palustris

    longleaf pine

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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

    3

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    O1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A09891
    O2—4 to 5 centimeters (1.6 to 2.0 inches); 21.0 fine and medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09892
    A1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09893
    A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09894
    B11—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint and 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; clay films; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1); 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09895. patchy - phpvsfiid 199965; patchy - phpvsfiid 199965
    B12—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt coats; 3 percent black (10YR 2/1); 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09896
    B21T—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21 percent black (10YR 2/1); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09897
    B22T—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1); fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09898
    B23T—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09899
    B3—99 to 109 centimeters (39.0 to 42.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) clay; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09900
    C1—109 to 122 centimeters (42.9 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and gray (N 5/0) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4); fragments. Lab sample # 40A09901
    C2—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); massive; 0.5 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09902
    R—137 to 155 centimeters (53.9 to 61.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A09903