IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chillum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MD510007
  • User Pedon ID: 88MD510007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0385
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60503
  • 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: 39.3486099
  • Std. Longitude: -76.6191635
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 500 feet S of the Evergreen House, 4545 N. Charles Street, in a wooded area of the Roland Park District.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD510—Baltimore City
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chillum
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/15/2013
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chilium
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1988 (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
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    30—81

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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

    7

    92

    0

    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P1981. 2 percent fine rounded quartzite pebbles.
    E—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P1982. 2 percent fine rounded quartzite pebbles.
    Bt1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P1983. 5 percent fine rounded quartzite pebbles.
    Bt2—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P1984. 5 percent fine rounded quartzite pebbles.
    2BC—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior gravelly sandy loam; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. 30 percent fine rounded quartzite pebbles.
    2C—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior very gravelly sandy loam; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. 35 to 60 percent fine rounded quartzite pebbles in lenses.