IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Puckum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986MD019003
  • User Pedon ID: 86MD019003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0113
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.5769463
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7927780
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: .5 mi SW of Eldorado, MD; off Rt 14; 40 feet off old Rd. 14 (abandon Rd), 120 feet NE of Marshyhope Creek.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD019—Dorchester

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Brewer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Dysic, mesic Typic Medisaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Puckum
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Puckum
  • Taxonomic Class - Dysic, mesic Typic Medisaprist
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1986 (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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    1Oi—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior peat, partially decomposed organic matter; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    1Oa1—10 to 61 centimeters (3.9 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior muck; 0.5 roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00669. Sapric soil material; 15 percent fibers, 5 percent rubbed, less than 5 percent mineral soil material; 20 percent wood fragments easily broken under pressure.; few roots
    1Oa2—61 to 112 centimeters (24.0 to 44.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior muck; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00670. Sapric soil material; 15 percent fibers, 5 percent rubbed, 10 percent mineral soil material.
    1Oa3—112 to 203 centimeters (44.1 to 79.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior muck; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00671. Sapric soil material; 15 percent fibers, 5 percent rubbed, 20 percent mineral soil material; 10 percent wood fragments easily broken under pressure.