IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westphalia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MD033002
  • User Pedon ID: 88MD033002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0364
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61468
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.0272217
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8227768
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD033—Prince George's
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westphalia
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudults
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1988
  • 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: 3/1/1988 (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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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    2Btx—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) silty clay; 30 percent pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01992. many fine distinct 5YR62 mottles
    3Bx1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; weak thin platy, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    3Bx2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    3BC—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01993
    3C—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog.