IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frederick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MD043001A
  • User Pedon ID: 88MD043001A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0499
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60617
  • 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: 39.7044528
  • Std. Longitude: -78.0227278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lane 3, 5 feet from top edge (side C).
  • Map Unit: FyC2—
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD043—Washington
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, 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

  • 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—46

    56—

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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

    14

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    Ap1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; gravelly silt loam; 19 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine roots; , 25 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P2568. 25% coarse fragments.; common fine roots
    Ap2—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior gravelly silt loam; 19 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint , moist, clay films; , 20 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P2569. 5% intrusions of BE material. 20% coarse fragments.; common clay films surface features; common fine roots
    BE—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior silt loam; 21 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint , moist, clay films; , 10 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P2570. 10% coarse fragments.; very few clay films surface features; few fine roots
    Bt—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films; , 7 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method. 7% coarse fragments.; common clay films surface features