IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Collington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994MD003014
  • User Pedon ID: 94MD003014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0264
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67282
  • Print Date: 10/31/2024

    • 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: 39.0369453
  • Std. Longitude: -76.6705551
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: North of Crofton, south of Gambrills, east of Rt. 3.
  • Map Unit: CpB—Collington-Wist-Urban land complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD003—Anne Arundel
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD003—Anne Arundel County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39076-A6—Odenton, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carl Robinette
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Collington
  • PSC - 25 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/21/2012
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Collington
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • Field Measured Properties: 147.32 cm of Depth of solum and 93.98 cm of Depth to mottles and 3 percent of Soil slope(%) and 19 percent of Percent clay in the control section


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy glauconite bearing fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: interfluve, knoll, fluviomarine terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 17
  • 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

    mottles with chroma 2 or less

    0—25

    25—53

    229—

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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

    3

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    36

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    202

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01714
    Bt—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01715
    BC1—53 to 94 centimeters (20.9 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01716
    2BC2—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) medium distinct mottles; weak thick platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume , 5 percent by weight flat angular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter iron-manganese concretions fragments observed by weighed method and 5 percent by volume , 5 percent by weight flat angular indurated 5-20-75 millimeter iron-manganese concretions fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01717
    2BC3—112 to 142 centimeters (44.1 to 55.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) medium distinct mottles; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 1 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent fine and medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses; 3 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01718
    3CB—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) fine sandy loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 3 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01719
    3C1—183 to 229 centimeters (72.0 to 90.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 3 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 95P01720
    3C2—229 to 264 centimeters (90.2 to 103.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; 21 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; 21 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 95P01721
    3Cg—264 to 371 centimeters (103.9 to 146.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 3 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 95P01722
    3C'—371 to 384 centimeters (146.1 to 151.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very fine sandy loam; 21 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 21 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 95P01723
    3C'seg1—384 to 429 centimeters (151.2 to 168.9 inches); black (N 2/0) stratified fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 3 percent coarse yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 95P01724
    3C'seg2—429 to 554 centimeters (168.9 to 218.1 inches); black (N 2/0) fine sandy loam; 3 percent greenish gray (5GY 5/1) fine faint mottles; massive; friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01725