IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Roanoke
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Roano-1
  • User Pedon ID: V1984-VA081-272
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0272
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51865
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 36.6357918
  • Std. Longitude: -77.4331970
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.4 miles northeast of the junction of Highways VA-730 and VA-666 and 2 miles north of the junction of Highways VA-730 and VA-638
  • Map Unit: 31A—Roanoke loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • 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, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Endoaquults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Roanoke
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Endoaquults
  • PSC - 21 to 71 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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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; ; fragments.
    A—3 to 21 centimeters (1.2 to 8.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 25 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 51 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 7.0 coarse roots; 25 percent medium prominent reddish gray (5YR 5/2) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02721
    Btg1—21 to 56 centimeters (8.3 to 22.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 38 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 42 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 medium roots and 11.0 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02722
    Btg2—56 to 94 centimeters (22.0 to 37.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 37 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 43 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02723
    Btg3—94 to 138 centimeters (37.0 to 54.3 inches); variegated brown (7.5YR 4/4) and gray (N 6/), clay; 36 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 45 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.9 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02724
    Btg4—138 to 153 centimeters (54.3 to 60.2 inches); gray (N 5/), sandy clay loam; 49 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 31 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.9 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium faint light gray (N 7/) masses of reduced iron; 21 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat angular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI02725
    Cg—153 to 186 centimeters (60.2 to 73.2 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) loamy sand; 80 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 10 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat angular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # VPI02726