IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Collington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966MD003001
  • User Pedon ID: S1966MD003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966MD003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1178
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34787
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 150 feet slightly east of south from tobacco barn on B. B. Kahring farm, Anne Arundel soil survey photo
  • 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

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. S. Fanning and R. M. Kirby
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Collington
  • PSC - 9 to 20 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/4/2013
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - COLLINGTON
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DC 5-152
  • 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

    AMBRO

    Ambrosia

    ragweed

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—51

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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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    90

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08940; dry when described;
    Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08941; moist when described;
    Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08942; moist when described;
    BC—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08943; moist when described;
    C1—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08944; moist when described;
    C2—107 to 114 centimeters (42.1 to 44.9 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) loamy sand; single grain; very friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08945; moist when described;
    C3—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent iron concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08946; moist when described;
    C4—130 to 168 centimeters (51.2 to 66.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08947; moist when described;
    C5—168 to 180 centimeters (66.1 to 70.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) sandy clay loam; single grain; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08948; moist when described;
    C6—180 to 190 centimeters (70.9 to 74.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08949; moist when described;
    2C7—190 to 198 centimeters (74.8 to 78.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08950; moist when described;
    3C8—198 to 236 centimeters (78.0 to 92.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/6) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A08951; moist when described;
    3C9—236 to 274 centimeters (92.9 to 107.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sand; fragments. Lab sample # 40A08952; moist when described;
    3C10—274 to 300 centimeters (107.9 to 118.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) fine sand; fragments. Lab sample # 40A08953; moist when described;
    3C11—300 to 323 centimeters (118.1 to 127.2 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) fine sand; fragments. Lab sample # 40A08954; moist when described;
    3C12—323 to 340 centimeters (127.2 to 133.9 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) fine sand; fragments. Lab sample # 40A08955; moist when described;