IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Baile
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999DE003005
  • User Pedon ID: 1999DE003005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0572
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11431
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 39.7251860
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7385310
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Smith Mill Rd., Possum Hill
  • Map Unit: GnB2—Glenville silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE003—New Castle
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: DE003—New Castle County, Delaware
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39075-F7—Newark West, Maryland
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Baile
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2013
  • Classifier - A. Friend
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Glenville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/1999
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • 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

    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3 percent medium irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron around rock fragments and 21 percent medium irregular dark gray (10YR 4/1) iron depletions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03561. contains mica.
    Cg1—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loam; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent medium irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron at top of horizon and 21 percent medium irregular gray (2.5Y 5/1) iron depletions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03562. contains mica.
    Cg2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) sandy loam; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent medium irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron at top of horizon; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03563. contains mica.
    Cg3—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silt loam; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent coarse irregular dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron at top of horizon and 21 percent medium and coarse irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron at top of horizon; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03564. contains mica.
    ACgb—58 to 68 centimeters (22.8 to 26.8 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) sandy loam; massive; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent medium irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron at top of horizon; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03565. rock fragments: MQT 5 SR GR; contains mica.
    Cg4—68 to 83 centimeters (26.8 to 32.7 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) sandy loam; massive; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21 percent medium irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron at top of horizon; fragments. Lab sample # 99P03566. rock fragments: MQT 10 SR GR; contains mica.