IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westphalia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MD033005
  • User Pedon ID: 88MD033005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0367
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61471
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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 #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westphalia
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bw—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Btx—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01997. few fine faint 5YR64 mottles
    BC—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01998
    C—102 to 157 centimeters (40.2 to 61.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog.