IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Queponco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MD047018
  • User Pedon ID: 93MD047018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0470
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65813
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 38.2333336
  • Std. Longitude: -75.3333359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.2 miles north of Five Mile Branch Road on MD Rt. 113, 50 feet east in cultivated field.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD047—Worcester
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD047—Worcester County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: George Demas, John Burns
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Queponco
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Queponca
  • Classificaton Date - 4/14/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/14/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    aquic conditions

    0—30

    30—91

    163—183

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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

    0

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    —

    —

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    1143

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    13.9

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03522
    Bt1—30 to 71 centimeters (11.8 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03523
    2Bt2—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03524
    2C1—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03525
    2C2—127 to 163 centimeters (50.0 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium prominent mottles; massive; loose; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03526
    3Cg—163 to 183 centimeters (64.2 to 72.0 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; massive; firm; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P03527