IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Butlertown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976MD029003
  • User Pedon ID: 76MD029003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4243
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40407
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: .6 miles southeast of intersection of Maryland Rt. 313 and Maryland Rt. 290 and 200 yards west of 290
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD029—Kent
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD029—Kent County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Hall, E. White, B. Shields, and C. Ebby
  • 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 #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Butlertown
  • PSC - 25 to 78 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

    fragic soil properties

    25—78

    78—165

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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

    1

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    23

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32344
    Bt1—25 to 58 centimeters (9.8 to 22.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32345
    Bt2—58 to 78 centimeters (22.8 to 30.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine distinct and 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32346
    Bx1—78 to 104 centimeters (30.7 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium and coarse distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32347
    Bx2—104 to 165 centimeters (40.9 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent and 21 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1.0 roots in cracks; light gray (10YR 7/1) on faces of peds and 2 percent black stains; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32348
    2C—165 centimeters (65.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam; light gray (10YR 7/1) mottles; massive; 0.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A32349