IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Butlertown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MD035024
  • User Pedon ID: 1992MD035024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0453
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65796
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024
  • 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: 38.9691391
  • Std. Longitude: -76.2864990
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: On Kent Island, south of Chester, approximately 2200 feet south on Cox Neck Road from Route 50 and approximately 2000 feet east of Cox Neck Road in woods on DNR/NSA property.
  • Map Unit: MqA—Mattapex-Butlertown silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD035—Queen Anne's
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD035—Queen Anne's County, Maryland
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Shields and J. Brewer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 24
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Butlertown (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 40 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/27/2012
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Butlertown
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    73 - 120

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—40

    40—83

    73—120

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    2

    5

    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. No sample.
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. No sample.
    E—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03408
    BE—25 to 40 centimeters (9.8 to 15.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03409
    Bt1—40 to 53 centimeters (15.7 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03410
    Bt2—53 to 73 centimeters (20.9 to 28.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots in cracks; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03411
    Btx—73 to 83 centimeters (28.7 to 32.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 fine and medium roots in cracks; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03412
    2BC—83 to 120 centimeters (32.7 to 47.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 fine and medium roots in cracks; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 3 percent fine dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03413
    2C1—120 to 145 centimeters (47.2 to 57.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loamy fine sand; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03414
    2C2—145 to 160 centimeters (57.1 to 63.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loamy fine sand; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; very friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03415
    2C3—160 to 193 centimeters (63.0 to 76.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) stratified fine sand; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent and 3 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 93P03416