IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nimmo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Nimmo-14
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA810-440
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0440
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51804
  • 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: 36.6888123
  • Std. Longitude: -76.0097504
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 900 feet west of junction of Pleasant Ridge Roand and old abandoned railroad bed, about 15 feet from southern field boundary, and 65 feet west of abandoned railroad bed
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Endoaquults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nimmo
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Endoaquults
  • PSC - 28 to 69 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); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; 46 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 medium roots and 11.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04401
    Btg—20 to 58 centimeters (7.9 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; 42 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse 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; 25 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04402. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472077; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472077
    BCg—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) fine sandy loam; 74 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; skeletans and 38 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 38 percent clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04403
    Cg1—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy fine sand; 81 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; skeletans; 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 21 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04404
    2Cg2—97 to 132 centimeters (38.2 to 52.0 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) fine sand; 94 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; 3 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04405
    3Cg3—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (N 4/), loamy fine sand; 79 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04406
    4Cg4—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); dark gray (N 4/), loam; 34 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 22 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, very sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04407
    5Cg5—203 to 254 centimeters (79.9 to 100.0 inches); dark gray (N 4/), fine sand; 89 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 3 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; skeletans; 3 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3. Lab sample # VPI04408