IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bestpitch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986MD019005
  • User Pedon ID: 86MD019005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0114
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59410
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.3836098
  • Std. Longitude: -76.0688858
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: .25 mi N of Shorters Wharf; 200 feet NE of Shorters Wharf 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 Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • 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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    1Oe1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior mucky peat; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00672. Hemic soil materials; 70 percent fibers, 50 percent rubbed, 30 percent mineral soil material; 40 percent live coarse and medium roots.
    1Oe2—25 to 81 centimeters (9.8 to 31.9 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) interior mucky peat; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00673. Hemic soil materials; 60 percent fibers, 10 percent rubbed, 5 percent mineral soil material this horizon boarders towards sapric.
    1Cg1—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silt loam; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00674. 5 percent fibers; n value greater than 1.0.
    1Cg2—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); 2.5Y 4/0 (2.5Y 4/0) interior silt loam; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00675. 5 percent fibers; n value greater than .7.
    1Cg3—142 to 165 centimeters (55.9 to 65.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior silt loam; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00676. 5 percent fibers; n value greater than 1.0.
    1Cg4—165 to 188 centimeters (65.0 to 74.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior mucky silt loam; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P00677. 10 percent fibers; n value greater than 1.0.