IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bestpitch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986MD019004
  • User Pedon ID: 86MD019004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0125
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59421
  • Print Date: 11/14/2024

    • 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: 38.4166679
  • Std. Longitude: -75.9925003
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 5.12 mi SW of Drawbridge; 700 feet E of Bestpitch Ferry, 300 feet E of Transquaking River; 30 feet S of Griffith Neck Rd.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD019—Dorchester

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Brewer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Sulfihemists
  • 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 #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bestpitch
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bestpitch
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Sulfihemist
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1986 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior peat; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00711. 90 percent fibers, 80 percent rubbed, 5 percent mineral soil material, 30 percent live coarse roots.
    1Oe—23 to 84 centimeters (9.1 to 33.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior mucky peat; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00712. Hemic soil material; 50 percent fibers, 30 percent rubbed, 5 percent mineral soil material; 10 percent live medium roots.
    1Oa—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior muck; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00713. Sapric soil material; 30 percent fibers, 10 percent rubbed, 10 percent mineral soil material.
    1Cg1—107 to 117 centimeters (42.1 to 46.1 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) interior mucky silt loam; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00714. 10 percent fibers; n value greater than 1.0.
    1Cg2—117 to 183 centimeters (46.1 to 72.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior silt loam; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P00715. 10 percent fibers; n value greaster than 1.0.