IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galestown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MD033007
  • User Pedon ID: 88MD033007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0368
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61472
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 39.0275002
  • Std. Longitude: -76.8227768
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: UdbB—Udorthents, loamy, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • 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
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD033—Prince George's County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39076-A7—Laurel, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galestown
  • Taxonomic Class - Typic Quartzipsamments
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy eolian deposits over fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: dune
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • 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) loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bw—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. 15 percent ironstone fragments
    BC—36 to 102 centimeters (14.2 to 40.2 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01999
    C—102 to 155 centimeters (40.2 to 61.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog.