IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pineyneck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004MD029001
  • User Pedon ID: S04MD029001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2004MD029001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0206
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18214
  • 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: 39.0286674
  • Std. Longitude: -76.2214737
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD029—Kent
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pineyneck
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • PSC - 30 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/2004
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: marine deposits
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: rare ponding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    ILOP

    LIST2

    NYSY

    QUAL

    QUFA

    Acer rubrum

    Ilex opaca

    Liquidambar styraciflua

    Nyssa sylvatica

    Quercus alba

    Quercus falcata

    red maple

    American holly

    sweetgum

    blackgum

    white oak

    southern red oak

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

    argillic horizon

    30—81

    —-

    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

    1

    Oa—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1); 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01178
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01179
    A/E—10 to 16 centimeters (3.9 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 25 percent coarse grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist,; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01180
    E/B—16 to 30 centimeters (6.3 to 11.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume rounded 2 - 75-? millimeter quartz fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01181
    Bt1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent coarse light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist,; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01182
    Bt2—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 30 percent coarse light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist,; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01183
    B/C1—81 to 100 centimeters (31.9 to 39.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots; coarse and 7 percent medium light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist,; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01184
    B/C2—100 to 127 centimeters (39.4 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 35 percent coarse light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist,; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01185
    Cg1—127 to 145 centimeters (50.0 to 57.1 inches); greenish gray (5BG 5/1) sandy clay loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01186
    Cg2—145 to 180 centimeters (57.1 to 70.9 inches); greenish gray (5BG 5/1) fine sandy loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 05N01187