IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elkton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MD041022
  • User Pedon ID: 00MD041022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0056
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12947
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 38.6730652
  • Std. Longitude: -76.0201263
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.1 miles northeast of Trappe, 0.4 miles east on Baynard Road off Wright's Mill Road, 300 feet northeast of intersection with farm road.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD041—Talbot
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD041—Talbot County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Brewer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Endoaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elkton
  • PSC - 41 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/2013
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lenni
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Endoaquults
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2001
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 41
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—183

    41—81

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    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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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00244; moist when described;
    A2—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silt loam; weak thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00245; moist when described;
    BEg—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent medium prominent irregular iron-manganese masses throughout and 21 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); ; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00246; moist when described;
    Btg—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 75 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium distinct irregular clay depletions and 3 percent medium prominent irregular iron-manganese masses and 21 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00247; moist when described;
    BCg1—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silt loam; strong extremely coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent medium prominent irregular white (10YR 8/1) clay depletions and 3 percent medium prominent irregular iron-manganese masses throughout and 21 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00248; moist when described;
    BCg2—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silt loam; strong extremely coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 3 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 3 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00249; moist when described;
    2Bx—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) loam; strong extremely coarse prismatic parts to massive; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent medium prominent irregular white (10YR 8/1) clay depletions and 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 3 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00250; moist when described;
    2BCt—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 50 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) sandy loam; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00251; moist when described;
    3Cg1—122 to 153 centimeters (48.0 to 60.2 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) stratified stratified loamy coarse sand; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 3 percent coarse prominent irregular iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00252; moist when described;
    3Cg2—153 to 183 centimeters (60.2 to 72.0 inches); 33 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and 33 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 33 percent dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) sand, coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 01P00253, 01P00254; moist when described;