IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galestown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985MD019011
  • User Pedon ID: 85MD019011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0116
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57921
  • 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: 38.6661111
  • Std. Longitude: -75.8716667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.25 mi NNW of Hurlock, MD; .4 mi W of the intersection of Payne Rd. and Gravel Branch Rd.
  • Map Unit: GaB—Galestown loamy sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD019—Dorchester
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD019—Dorchester County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38075-F7—Federalsburg, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Siliceous, mesic Psammentic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Galestown
  • PSC - 48 to 92 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galestown
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Psammentic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    12

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    1A p—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior loamy sand; massive; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00737. many fine roots
    1E—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loamy sand; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00738. few fine roots
    1BE—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loamy sand; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00739. few fine roots
    1B t1—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loamy sand; massive; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00740. Few bridgings. Micromorphology: Very little fine material most of the clay present is oriented as papules, coating grains and as clay bridges between grains.; few fine and medium roots
    1B t2—71 to 92 centimeters (28.0 to 36.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior loamy sand; massive; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00741. Common bridging.; few fine and medium roots
    1BC—92 to 101 centimeters (36.2 to 39.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior loamy sand; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00742. few fine roots
    1C—101 to 183 centimeters (39.8 to 72.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P00743