IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHILLUM
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955MD031001
  • User Pedon ID: 55MD031001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955MD031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1203
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34812
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.0496091
  • Std. Longitude: -76.9496866
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Woods adjacent to University of Maryland Horticulture Farm, Cherry Hill road, Beltsville, Maryland. On land from Cherry Hill Road to buildings at corner of wooded lot on left of lane. 150 feet in woods.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD031—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD031—Montgomery County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. A. Bourbeau, M. Hershberger, and A. Baur
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHILLUM
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    ACER

    CARYA

    QUERC

    Acer

    Carya

    Quercus

    maple

    hybrid hickory

    oak

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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
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    Oa—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A09133
    Oi—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A09132
    A—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches);, gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; medium granular, and fine granular structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09134
    E1—1 to 8 centimeters (0.4 to 3.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 tubular pores; 21 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09135
    E2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 21 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09136
    BE—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; tubular pores; worm casts; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A09137
    Bw1—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; 0.5 tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A09138
    Bw2—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots; 21 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09139
    C1—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; sandy clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (10YR 4/3) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; weakly coherent; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09140
    C2—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loamy coarse sand; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09141
    C3—127 to 168 centimeters (50.0 to 66.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09142
    C4—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; coarse sand; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09143