IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DEKALB
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953MD023005
  • User Pedon ID: S1953MD023005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1953MD023005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1200
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34809
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: .5 miles from Junction of Rt. 495 west on Rt. 22 in bend on road toward Deep Creek Lake
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD023—Garrett
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD023—Garrett County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. A. Bourbeau, J. R. Chaves, and M. Hershberger
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - DEKALB
  • PSC - 25 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CORNU

    QUAL

    Cornus

    Quercus alba

    dogwood

    white oak

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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

    11

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    O1—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A09103
    O2—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (N 2/0), dry; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09104
    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (N 2/0), very dark gray (N 3/0), dry; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09105
    A21—3 to 9 centimeters (1.2 to 3.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09106
    A22—9 to 20 centimeters (3.5 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; medium subangular blocky, and fine subangular blocky structure; 21.0 roots; 21 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A09107
    B1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very fine sandy loam; medium subangular blocky structure; 21.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09108
    B2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; medium subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09109
    B3—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; coarse angular blocky, and medium angular blocky structure; 21.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09110
    C1—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; stony loamy sand; medium angular blocky structure; 0.1 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09111
    C2—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; sand; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09112