IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wist
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999MD003009
  • User Pedon ID: 1999MD003009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0105
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11613
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 39.0325012
  • Std. Longitude: -76.6666641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Anne Arundel County, Maryland; Crofton, 3,250 feet southeast of the intersection of Waugh Chapel Road, Reidel Road and and MD Rte. 3, 70 feet SW of road (driveway), in an abandoned pasture; USGS Odenton topograhical quadrangle; latitude 39 degrees, 1 mintue, 57 seconds north and longitude 76 degrees, 40 minutes, 0 second west, NAD 27.
  • Map Unit: CpB—Collington-Wist-Urban land complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD003—Anne Arundel
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD003—Anne Arundel County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39076-A6—Odenton, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: EHE, DRPV
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wist (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2015
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wist
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/1999
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 17
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    43—104

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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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    44

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1 percent glauconite pellets; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00673
    Ap2—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; strong very coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent glauconite pellets; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00674
    BE—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium and coarse mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent glauconite pellets; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00675. Ap material
    Bt1—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 0.1 fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/4) silt coats on faces of peds; 10 percent glauconite pellets; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00676. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120316; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120316
    Bt2—69 to 104 centimeters (27.2 to 40.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), dry; sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 0.1 fine tubular pores; 20 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 20 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent medium and coarse irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 15 percent glauconite pellets and 30 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00677
    BC—104 to 130 centimeters (40.9 to 51.2 inches); 55 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular and vesicular pores; 8 percent medium and coarse irregular yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 8 percent medium and coarse irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 12 percent medium and coarse irregular light greenish gray (10Y 7/1) iron depletions throughout; 15 percent glauconite pellets and 30 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00678
    C1—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches); 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 20 percent light greenish gray (10Y 7/1) fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; ; 20 percent glauconite pellets and 30 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00679
    C2—160 to 208 centimeters (63.0 to 81.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine irregular greenish gray (10Y 6/1) iron depletions throughout and 10 percent coarse irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 10 percent glauconite pellets; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 00P00680