IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whippany
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MD510011
  • User Pedon ID: 88MD510011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0386
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60504
  • 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: 39.3455544
  • Std. Longitude: -76.7024994
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 200 feet NW of the corner of Kennison Avenue and Bowers Avenue in a wooded area in the Park Heights District.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD510—Baltimore City
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whippany
  • Classificaton Date - 1/29/2013
  • Classifier - A Friend
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Jackland
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Bedrock: at 152cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1988 (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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    abrupt textural change

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—20

    20—104

    20—152

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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

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    114

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. many very fine and fine roots
    Btg1—20 to 74 centimeters (7.9 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P1985. few fine roots; many medium prominent 10YR56 mottles
    Btg2—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior clay; 30 percent gray (5Y 6/1) medium prominent and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P1986. many medium prominent 5Y61 mottles; many medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    Cg—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior clay loam; 30 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. many medium prominent 10YR51 mottles