IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Opequon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MD001001D
  • User Pedon ID: 88MD001001D
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0506
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60624
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Lane 3, 10 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

  • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; strong very fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02595. 10% limestone gravel.; many fine roots; common medium roots
    1BA—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02596
    1Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular and 5.5 fine vesicular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02597. Many fine tubular pores.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common fine roots; few medium roots
    1Bt2—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular and 2.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; 37 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 88P02598. 10% gravels; 25% soft shale at lower depth.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; few medium roots