IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galestown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986MD019012
  • User Pedon ID: 86MD019012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0121
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59417
  • 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: 38.6733322
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7538910
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.25 mi SE of Federalburg, 1000 feet S on Rt. 313 from the junction of Rt. 313 and Rt. 577, 40 feet W of Rt. 313.
  • 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 #: 12
  • 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: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    9

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    1Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00707
    1E—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior sand; single grain; loose; fragments.
    1Bt—56 to 97 centimeters (22.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments. Clay bridging between sand grains and clay coatings on sand grains.
    1C—97 to 140 centimeters (38.2 to 55.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Some lamella.
    2C1—140 to 147 centimeters (55.1 to 57.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments.
    2C2—147 to 157 centimeters (57.9 to 61.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam, loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments.
    3C—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments.