IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Frederick
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1988MD043001C
User Pedon ID:
88MD043001C
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
88P0501
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
60619
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:
39.7042167
Std. Longitude:
-78.0225250
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Lane 2, 68 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
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—41
53—
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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
6
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Ap1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; gravelly silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine roots; , 20 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P2575. many fine roots
Ap2—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior gravelly silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine roots; , 17 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P2576. many fine roots
E—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; , 10 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P2577. common fine roots
Bt—53 to 75 centimeters (20.9 to 29.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; , 5 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method. few fine roots