IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galestown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986MD019014
  • User Pedon ID: 86MD019014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0123
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59419
  • 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: 38.5363889
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7722222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3 mi SE of Brookview, .5 mi NW of Walnut Landing, 50 feet NE of Walnut Landing Rd.
  • Map Unit: GaA—Galestown loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD019—Dorchester
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD019—Dorchester County, Maryland

    • 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 #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Galestown
  • PSC - 107 to 157 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/27/2015
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • 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
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy mixed
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: riser
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Drainage Class: 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

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    4

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    270

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00709
    E—5 to 91 centimeters (2.0 to 35.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00709
    BE—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments. Weak thin yellowish brown lamella.
    Bt—107 to 183 centimeters (42.1 to 72.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments. Many 3 cm strong brown lamella with combined thickness of 25 cm.