IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Augusta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Augus-0
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA810-378
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0378
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50975
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 36.6974106
  • Std. Longitude: -76.0573883
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 3500 feet west-northwest of the junction of West Landing and West Neck Roads, and 350 feet north of West Landing Road
  • Map Unit: 3—Augusta loam
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA810—Virginia Beach City
  • MLRA: 153B—Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-RIC—Richmond, Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA810—City of Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36076-F1—Pleasant Ridge, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Endoaquults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Augusta
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Endoaquults
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/2009 (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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; 42 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03781
    Bt1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) loam; 36 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots and ; 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films between sand grains; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03782
    Bt2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) clay loam; 28 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03783. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470802; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470802
    Bt3—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); variegated light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay loam; 28 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 35 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03784. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470804; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470804
    Btg1—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay loam; 32 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 33 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films between sand grains; 5 percent fine prominent black (N 2/) manganese masses and 5 percent medium prominent black (N 2/) manganese masses and 10 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) masses of reduced iron and 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI03785. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470806; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470806
    Btg2—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; 39 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 29 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films between sand grains; 1 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VPI03786. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470808; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 470808
    2C—114 to 160 centimeters (44.9 to 63.0 inches); variegated gray (10YR 6/1) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) loamy sand; 86 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 13 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable; skeletans; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # VPI03787