IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Altavista
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Altav-3
  • User Pedon ID: V1984-VA081-209
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0209
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50951
  • 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: 36.6370735
  • Std. Longitude: -77.4351120
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.4 miles northeast of the junction of highways VA-730 and VA-660 and about 1.4 miles east of Claresville Church
  • Map Unit: 3A—Altavista fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA081—Greensville
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-RIC—Richmond, Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA081—Greensville County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36077-F4—Adams Grove, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Altavista
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; 54 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 14 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 7.0 coarse roots; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02091
    Bt1—13 to 48 centimeters (5.1 to 18.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay loam; 35 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 medium roots and 11.0 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/3) masses of reduced iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02092
    Bt2—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; 44 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent distinct clay films between sand grains and 38 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) masses of reduced iron and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 21 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02093
    Bt3—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); variegated light gray (10YR 7/2) and yellow (10YR 7/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent distinct clay films between sand grains and 38 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 21 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02094
    C—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); variegated yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and light gray (10YR 7/1) sandy loam; 76 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # VPI02095