IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frederick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MD043001
  • User Pedon ID: 88MD043001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0498
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60616
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 39.7044500
  • Std. Longitude: -78.0223778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 1/4 mi S of MD/PA state line 500 feet NW of Little Cove Indian Springs Rd.
  • Map Unit: FyC2—
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD043—Washington
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Frederick
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1992
  • Classifier - JB
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - fifth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frederick
  • 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: 4/26/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—29

    37—160

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    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

    9

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    201

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior very gravelly silt loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots; , 37 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P2560; observed in pit, small. 37% coarse fragments.; many fine roots
    Ap2—18 to 29 centimeters (7.1 to 11.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior gravelly silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; , 20 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P2561; observed in pit, small. Plates are 2-5 cm thick. 7% inclusions of BE material. 20% coarse fragments.; many fine roots
    BE—29 to 36 centimeters (11.4 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; , 10 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P2562; observed in pit, small. 5% intrusions of Ap2 material in worm holes—(10YR 3/3); 10% coarse fragments (3% iron manganese nodules and charcoal flecks.); few fine roots
    Bt1—37 to 58 centimeters (14.6 to 22.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam, clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; , 7 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P2563; observed in pit, small. Few medium, common very fine oblique to partially constricted tubular pores. 7% gravel.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    Bt2—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior very channery clay; 42 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; , 30 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 75-200-250 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P2564; observed in pit, small. 30% cobbles in lower part. Few black charcoal flecks.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    Bt3—81 to 121 centimeters (31.9 to 47.6 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; 42 percent clay; weak very fine angular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; , 5 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method and , 1 percent by weight nonflat 10-50-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and , 15 percent by weight nonflat 10-50-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P2565; observed in pit, small. Many (10YR 6/6) and (10YR 6/8) discontinuous shale impurities or reticulate mottles. 1% iron cemented sandstone quartz and 15% nodules.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    Bt4—121 to 160 centimeters (47.6 to 63.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; weak very fine angular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; , 5 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method and , 1 percent by weight nonflat 10-50-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and , 15 percent by weight nonflat 10-50-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P2566; observed in pit, small. Density of coarse fragments-very low consisting of oolitic limestone and very small channers. Many (10YR 6/6) and (10Yr 6/8) discontinuous shale impurities or reticulate mottles. 5% dolomitic chert all 1-3 cm in size.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; This horizon was sampled seperately and then combined with the Bt3. The lab data shows difference so I designated it as a Bt4 to avoid confusion in the description of two horizons with the same designation
    BC—160 to 190 centimeters (63.0 to 74.8 inches); 55 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and 40 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate fine platy structure; friable; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films; , 20 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # 88P2567; observed in pit, small. few clay films surface features