IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blandburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983MD015001
  • User Pedon ID: 83MD015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0200
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53894
  • Print Date: 1/25/2025

    • 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: 39.7016945
  • Std. Longitude: -79.2147446
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Negro Mountain, 2.8 miles west of Grantsville, 0.4 mile south of US-40 near fire tower
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD023—Garrett
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD023—Garrett County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blandburg
  • PSC - 24 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/20/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blandburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/1983 (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

    3

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    937

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    Oi—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); muck; fragments.
    A—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 70 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary.
    E—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 70 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, bromcresol green; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P01035
    Bh—30 to 68 centimeters (11.8 to 26.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; weak thick platy structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, bromcresol green; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P01036
    Bhs—68 to 99 centimeters (26.8 to 39.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; friable; 21.0 medium roots; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P01037
    C—99 to 162 centimeters (39.0 to 63.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; massive; very friable; 3.0 medium roots; 50 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 80 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green. Lab sample # 84P01038