LOCATION DRAGSTON VA+NCEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Endoaquults
TYPICAL PEDON: Dragston fine sandy loam - cultivated. (Colors are for moist soil.)
Ap--0 to 9 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; many fine roots; many fine pores; strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 12 inches thick)
Bt--9 to 17 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; few fine pores; common medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) soft iron masses and few distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions; few faint clay films on faces of peds and clay bridging between sand grains; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 14 inches thick)
Btg--17 to 28 inches; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; common medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) soft iron masses; few faint clay films on faces of peds and clay bridging between sand grains; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (6 to 25 inches thick)
BCg--28 to 37 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) soft iron masses; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
C--37 to 66 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine sand; single grain; loose; few coarse prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: City of Suffolk, Virginia; 1.07 miles north of intersection of VA-624 and VA-658 and 270 feet east of VA-624.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum Thickness: 25 to 50 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 12 to 30 inches, November to April
Soil Reaction: very strongly acid or strongly acid in the A, E, BA, and BE horizons and upper Bt horizon unless limed, and very strongly acid to slightly acid in the lower Bt, BC, CB and C horizon
A or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 2 to 5, and chroma of 1 to 4; where value is 3 the layer is less than 10 inches thick
Texture: loamy sand, loamy fine sand, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam
E horizon (if it occurs):
Color--has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 1 to 4
Texture--loamy sand, loamy fine sand, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam
Redoximorphic features--iron masses in shades of brown, yellow, or red and iron depletions in shades of brown or gray
BA or BE horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam
Redoximorphic features--iron masses in shades of brown, yellow, or red and iron depletions in shades of brown or gray
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam; some pedons may have thin layers of sandy clay loam
Redoximorphic features--iron masses in shades of brown, yellow, or red and iron depletions in shades of brown or gray
Btg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y or is neutral, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 0 to 2
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam; some pedons may have thin layers of sandy clay loam
Redoximorphic features--iron masses in shades of brown, yellow, or red and iron depletions in shades of brown or gray
BC, BCg or CB, CBg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y or is neutral, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 0 to 8
Texture--loamy sand, loamy fine sand, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam.
Redoximorphic features--iron masses in shades of brown, yellow, or red and iron depletions in shades of brown or gray
C horizon (if it occurs):
Color--has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--sand, fine sand, loamy sand, loamy fine sand, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam or is stratified
Redoximorphic features--iron masses in shades of brown, yellow, or red and iron depletions in shades of brown or gray
Cg horizon (if it occurs)
Color--10YR to 5BG or is neutral, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 0 to 2
Texture--sand, fine sand, loamy sand, loamy fine sand, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam or is stratified
Redoximorphic features--iron masses in shades of brown, yellow, or red and iron depletions in shades of brown or gray
COMPETING SERIES: There are no other series in the same family
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain
Landform: Marine Terrace
Elevation: Less than 25 feet above mean sea level
Parent Material: loamy marine or fluvial sediments
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 59 to 65 degrees
Mean Annual Precipitation: 40 to 48 inches
Frost Free Period: 190 to 240 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Altavista soils--moderately well drained soils (seasonal high water table 18 to 30 inches) in fine-loamy family on slightly higher landscapes
Augusta soils--somewhat poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 12 to 18 inches) in fine-loamy family on similar landscapes
Bojac soils--well drained soils (seasonal high water table 48 to 72 inches) in on higher landscapes
Conetoe soils--well drained soils (seasonal high water table below 72 inches) in loamy family on higher landscapes
Dogue soils--moderately well drained soils (seasonal high water table 18 to 30 inches) in fine family on slightly higher landscapes
Munden soils--moderately well drained soils (seasonal high water table 18 to 30 inches) slightly higher landscapes
Nimmo soils--poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) on flats and in slight depressions
Roanoke soils--poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) in fine family on flats and in slight depressions
State soils--well drained soils (seasonal high water table 48 to 72 inches) in fine-loamy family higher landscapes
Tarboro soils--somewhat excessively drained soils (seasonal high water table is below 6 feet) with sandy textures throughout on higher landscapes
Tetotum soils--moderately well drained soils (seasonal high water table 18 to 30 inches) in fine-loamy family on slightly higher landscapes
Tomotley soils--poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) in fine-loamy family on flats and in slight depressions
Wahee soils--somewhat poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 12 to 18 inches) in fine family on similar landscapes
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Agricultural Drainage Class: Somewhat poorly drained
Permeability: moderately rapid
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Mostly cultivated
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--corn, soybeans, peanuts, small grain, truck crops, and pasture. Where wooded--loblolly pine, sweetgum, yellow poplar, water oak, southern red oak, and red maple; understory plants include American holly, flowering dogwood, sassafras, greenbrier, giant cane and inkberry (bitter gallberry)
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland
Extent: MOderate
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Princess Anne County, Virginia, 1939 (presently City of Virginia Beach).
REMARKS: Revised to Endoaquults, 1997
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
a. Ochric epipedon - the zone from 0 to 9 inches (Ap horizon).
b. Argillic horizon - the zone from 9 to 28 inches (Bt and Btg horizons).
SIR = VA0083
MLRA = 133A, 153A, 153B
REVISED = 9/8/97 RLV
ADDITIONAL DATA: Particle-size data from the typical pedon is available from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University soil survey laboratory. Lab numbers 74-255 through 74-260.
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
VA0083 DRAGSTON 0-2 59-65 190-240 40-48 5-200
SOI-5 FloodL Watertable Kind Months Bedrock VA0083 NONE 1.0-2.5 APPARENT NOV-APR >60SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- VA0083 0-9 FSL SL L 0-0 95-100 4-12 VA0083 0-9 LFS LS 0-0 95-100 2-10 VA0083 9-37 FSL SL L 0-0 95-100 10-18 VA0083 37-66 S LS FSL 0-0 85-100 2-12
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Permeab Shnk-Swll VA0083 0-9 4.5-5.5 1.-2. 2.0-6.0 LOW VA0083 0-9 4.5-5.5 .5-1. 6.0-20 LOW VA0083 9-37 4.5-5.5 0.-.5 2.0-6.0 LOW VA0083 37-66 4.5-6.5 0.-.5 6.0-20 LOW