IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dragston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Drags-11
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA810-414
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0414
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51141
  • 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: 36.7809677
  • Std. Longitude: -76.0017242
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 2000 feet south-southwest of junction of Dam Neck Road and Oceana Boulevard, and 75 feet west-northwest of Oceana Boulevard
  • Map Unit: 13—Dragston fine sandy 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-G1—Princess Anne, 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 - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/29/2009 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04141
    Bt1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) sandy loam; 58 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 5 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 5 percent clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04142
    Bt2—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); variegated light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and light gray (10YR 7/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy loam; 56 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 19 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 5 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 5 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04143
    BCtg—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 5 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 5 percent clay films between sand grains; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04144
    Cg—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) sandy loam; 76 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 13 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron and 12 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 12 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. Lab sample # VPI04145