IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Butlertown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976MD029001
  • User Pedon ID: 76MD029001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4241
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40405
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: .4 miles west of intersection of Md. Rt. 443 and Md. Rt. 292
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD029—Kent
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD029—Kent County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Holzhey, E. White, D. Fanning, B. Shields, C. Ebby, and D. Hall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Butlertown
  • PSC - 23 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/15/2013
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BUTLERTOWN
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    23—66

    66—122

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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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    26

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32330
    Bt1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32331
    Bt2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32332
    Bx1—66 to 92 centimeters (26.0 to 36.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine and medium distinct and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium faint mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, firm; brittle; 3.0 roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay films on faces of peds and 1 percent black stains; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A32333
    pedon note—81 to 100 centimeters (31.9 to 39.4 inches); silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A32336
    Bx2—92 to 122 centimeters (36.2 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam; massive; hard when dry, very firm; brittle; 0.0 roots; 3.0 vesicular pores; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent black stains; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A32334
    2C—122 to 158 centimeters (48.0 to 62.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay loam; massive; hard when dry, firm; 0.0 roots; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 40A32335