IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Montalto
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986MD510004
  • User Pedon ID: 86MD510004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0186
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59482
  • Print Date: 6/21/2024

    • 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: 39.3444722
  • Std. Longitude: -76.7082611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD510—Baltimore City
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Montalto
  • PSC - 46 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/29/2013
  • Classifier - A Friend
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Montalto
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: pediment
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1986 (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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    strongly coherent

    132 - 152

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic materials

    paralithic contact

    0—46

    46—81

    132—152

    132—152

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    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

    25

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    128

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    180

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, dry; loam; 20 percent clay; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-75 millimeter gabbro fragments observed by weighed method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0975; observed in pit, small
    BE—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, dry; clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-75 millimeter gabbro fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0976; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, dry; clay; 55 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0977; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); 2.5Y 4/6 (2.5Y 4/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, dry; clay; 40 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0978; observed in pit, small
    BC—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0979; observed in pit, small
    C—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0980; observed in pit, small
    Cr—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior loam; 35 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. Chunks of decomposed rocks.