IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rappahannock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VPI-Rappa-4
  • User Pedon ID: V1992-VA810-457
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - VPI
  • Lab Pedon # - VPI0457
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51844
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 36.8351822
  • Std. Longitude: -76.2251587
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In marsh next to Elizabeth River
  • Map Unit: 32—Rappahannock mucky peat, strongly saline
  • 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-G2—Kempsville, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, euic, thermic Terric Sulfisaprists
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rappahannock
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, euic, thermic Terric Sulfisaprists
  • PSC - 81 to 111 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: very 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
    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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    Oe—0 to 38 centimeters (0.0 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mucky peat; structureless massive; 10.0 medium roots and 11.0 fine roots; fragments; of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear smooth boundary.
    Oa—38 to 81 centimeters (15.0 to 31.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) muck; structureless massive; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt smooth boundary.
    2C1—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; 10 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 62 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; fragments; of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04571
    2C2—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) silty clay; 5 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 47 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VPI04572
    2C3—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) silty clay; 12 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 44 percent clay; structureless massive; fragments; of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon). Lab sample # VPI04573