IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beltsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001MD017002
  • User Pedon ID: 01MD017002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2001MD017002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0966
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14408
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 38.5572510
  • Std. Longitude: -77.0073853
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: BaB—Beltsville silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD017—Charles
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD017—Charles County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38077-E1—Port Tobacco, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: EHE
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, semiactive, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beltsville
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2013
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beltsville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Classificaton Date - 4/25/2001
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/25/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 14
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    CORNU

    Cornus

    dogwood

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragic soil properties

    0—41

    41—152

    76—152

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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

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    55

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    Ap1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 roots throughout and 1.0 roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5.
    Ap2—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 roots throughout and 1.0 roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # 01N05078
    E—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 11 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 roots throughout and 0.1 roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3. Lab sample # 01N05079
    BE—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; 12 percent clay; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) mottles; weak very coarse angular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 roots throughout and 0.1 roots throughout; 5 percent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3. Lab sample # 01N05080
    Bt1—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 22 percent clay; moderate very coarse angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.1 roots throughout and 0.1 roots throughout; 5 percent irregular very pale brown (10YR 7/4) iron depletions throughout and 10 percent irregular yellowish red (5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3. Lab sample # 01N05081. plastic
    Bt2—69 to 76 centimeters (27.2 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 22 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.1 roots throughout; 25 percent irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses throughout and 25 percent irregular gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3. Lab sample # 01N05082
    Btx1—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly loam; 17 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.1 roots throughout; 20 percent prominent silt coats on all faces of peds; 12 percent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses throughout and 12 percent irregular light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3. Lab sample # 01N05083. Near 100% brittle; continuous - phpvsfiid 1060727; continuous - phpvsfiid 1060727
    Btx2—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very gravelly clay loam; 17 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 20 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent irregular light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) iron depletions throughout and 25 percent irregular red (2.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3. Lab sample # 01N05084. Very dense and hard in site, very difficult to excavate. Excludes roots. Probably very high B.D. Breaks apart easily in hand once excavated. Few fine roots between horizontal faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060728; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060728