IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Davidson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Hall-2
  • User Pedon ID: V1990-VA137-306
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0306
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51199
  • Print Date: 5/2/2024

    • 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: 38.2382889
  • Std. Longitude: -78.0935389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Orange, Va. Quadrangle; Taylor Farm; 800m NW 300 degrees from the junction of route 612 and route 20; 3650 m NE 32 degrees from the junction of route 638 and route 647
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA137—Orange
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA137—Orange County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38078-B1—Orange, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Rhodic Kandiudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Davidson
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Rhodic Kandiudults
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent greenstone at 105cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/27/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    kandic horizon

    23—77

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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

    10

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    160

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03061
    BA—23 to 39 centimeters (9.1 to 15.4 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; weak subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03062
    Bt—39 to 77 centimeters (15.4 to 30.3 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very coarse roots and 0.9 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03062
    BC—77 to 105 centimeters (30.3 to 41.3 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; coarse prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary.