IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Altavista
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Altav-0
  • User Pedon ID: V1984-VA081-210
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0210
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50948
  • 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: 36.5887299
  • Std. Longitude: -77.4083862
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 700 yards east of junction of Highways VA-730 and VA-622 (Bryants Corner), and about 6 miles east of Skippers
  • Map Unit: 2A—Altavista fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • 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-E4—Claresville, 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 - 25 to 75 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02101
    E—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine sandy loam; 56 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 13 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02102
    Bt1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) clay loam; 45 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.9 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; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02103
    Bt2—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay loam; 45 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.9 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; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02104
    Bt3—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 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; 25 percent medium distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2) masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VPI02105
    2C—127 to 173 centimeters (50.0 to 68.1 inches); variegated light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) clay; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # VPI02106