IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Queponco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MD041024
  • User Pedon ID: 00MD041024
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000MD041024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0058
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12949
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 38.6809349
  • Std. Longitude: -76.0571213
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.5 miles north of Trappe on Rt. 50, 200 feet east side of Rt. 50
  • Map Unit: HfA—Hambrook-Sassafras complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD041—Talbot
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD041—Talbot County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38076-F1—Trappe, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JEB, JAK, CMB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, subactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Haplaquox
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 24
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Queponco
  • PSC - 26 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/2016
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hambrook
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: fluviomarine terrace, low hill
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Pensauken formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/27/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 37
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—26

    26—56

    115—194

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    14.6

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00264
    Bt1—26 to 35 centimeters (10.2 to 13.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 75 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00265
    Bt2—35 to 56 centimeters (13.8 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00266
    BCt—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 75 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) iron depletions throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00267
    CB—84 to 115 centimeters (33.1 to 45.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 30 percent medium distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) iron depletions throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00268
    C1—115 to 135 centimeters (45.3 to 53.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sandy loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses throughout and 30 percent fine and 30 percent medium prominent irregular iron depletions throughout and 75 percent fine ; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00269
    2C2—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); 33 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 33 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) loamy sand; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00270
    3C3—160 to 178 centimeters (63.0 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) very gravelly sandy loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 30 percent medium distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses throughout and 30 percent coarse prominent irregular light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) iron depletions throughout; , 6 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method and , 28 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method and , 16 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 20-45-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00271
    4C4—178 to 194 centimeters (70.1 to 76.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sandy loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 75 percent coarse prominent irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 01P00272