IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Matapeake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MD035027
  • User Pedon ID: 92MD035027
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0456
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65799
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.0643883
  • Std. Longitude: -76.0253296
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 1.3 mile east along White Marsh Road from Route 213, and 0.5 mile south of White Marsh Road, along farm lane, 20 feet west of lane, in corn field.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD035—Queen Anne's
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD035—Queen Anne's County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Shields and J. Brewer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 27
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Matapeake
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1992 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—0

    0—0

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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

    2

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    18

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03430
    Bt1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 30 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03431
    Bt2—48 to 80 centimeters (18.9 to 31.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03432
    Bt3—80 to 103 centimeters (31.5 to 40.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine and medium distinct and 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots in cracks; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03433
    Bt4—103 to 118 centimeters (40.6 to 46.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 30 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03434
    2BC—118 to 155 centimeters (46.5 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03435
    2C—155 to 180 centimeters (61.0 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. No sample.