IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Opequon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MD001001B
  • User Pedon ID: 88MD001001B
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0505
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60623
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Lane 2, 37 feet from top (side C).
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD001—Allegany

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Opequon
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1988 (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

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    351

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    270

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    1Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; silt loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02591. 10% limestone gravel.; many fine and medium roots
    1BA—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02592. 12% limestone gravel.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; few medium roots
    1Bt1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior shaly clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky, and strong very fine angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine vesicular pores; 55 percent prominent , moist, clay films; fragments; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 88P02593. 30% soft shale fragments.; many clay films surface features; many fine roots; few medium roots
    1Bt2—43 to 50 centimeters (16.9 to 19.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior very shaly clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 fine vesicular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent , moist, clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 88P02594. 60% soft shaly limestone.; common clay films surface features; few medium roots