IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dragston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Drags-1
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA001-061
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0061
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51139
  • 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: 37.8943481
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5859528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 0.7 mile south-southwest 210 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-693 and VA-793 and 1.2 miles north-northeast 20 degrees of the junction of Highways VA-692 and 693 near Hallwood
  • Map Unit: DrA—Dragston fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • 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-H5—Hallwood, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Endoaquults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dragston
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Endoaquults
  • PSC - 15 to 65 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00611
    Bt—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly 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; 20 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) masses of reduced iron and 20 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00612
    Btg1—38 to 76 centimeters (15.0 to 29.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly 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 yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00613
    Btg2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly 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 yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI00614
    Cg—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # VPI00615