IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arapahoe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Arapa-3
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50958
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 37.9144287
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6607895
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 0.5 mile east-southeast 114 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-692 and VA-695 and 0.8 mile west-northwest 296 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-692 and VA-698 near Sanford
  • Map Unit: AhA—Arapahoe mucky loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA001—Accomack
  • MLRA: 153B—Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-RIC—Richmond, Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA001—Accomack County, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37075-H6—Saxis, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, thermic Typic Humaquepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arapahoe
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, thermic Typic Humaquepts
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/2009 (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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    A—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00041
    Btg1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00042
    Btg2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 25 percent medium distinct yellow (10YR 7/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00043
    Btg3—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); gray (N 5/), loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent medium distinct olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00044
    Cg1—79 to 127 centimeters (31.1 to 50.0 inches); gray (N 6/), sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00045
    Cg2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent medium faint gray (5Y 6/1) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # VPI00046