IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Abell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Abell-0
  • User Pedon ID: V1984-VA081-206
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0206
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50939
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 36.6009331
  • Std. Longitude: -77.7233582
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 0.9 miles northeast of junction of highway VA-601 and the Brunswick County line and 370 yards west northwest of Highway VA-601, about 2 miles north of Barley.
  • Map Unit: 1B—Abell loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA081—Greensville
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 14-7—Richmond, Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA081—Greensville County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36077-E6—Barley, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Abell
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/2009
  • 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: 9/26/2009 (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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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 7.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary.
    E—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; 37 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 7.0 coarse roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02061
    Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 33 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) masses of reduced iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02062
    Bt2—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 23 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) masses of reduced iron and 20 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02063
    Bt3—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 25 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate very coarse platy structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) masses of reduced iron and 15 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) masses of reduced iron; 20 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02064
    C—107 to 170 centimeters (42.1 to 66.9 inches); variegated brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light gray (5Y 7/1) and red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; 64 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 7 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; 90 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # VPI02065