IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galestown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986MD019010
  • User Pedon ID: 86MD019010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0119
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59415
  • Print Date: 3/13/2025

    • 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: 38.6494446
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7947235
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 mi NE of the east end of the Harrison Ferry Bridge; 40 feet E of North Tara Rd.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD019—Dorchester

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Brewer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Siliceous, mesic Psammentic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Galestown
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galestown
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, siliceous, mesic Psammentic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • 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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    9

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    1A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00705
    1A2—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00705
    1E—15 to 61 centimeters (5.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    1BE—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    1Btg—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Clay bridging between sand grains and clay coatings on sand grains.
    1BC—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.
    1C—137 to 183 centimeters (53.9 to 72.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog.