IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SUNNYSIDE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MD033001
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MD033001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970MD033001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1285
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34894
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 39.0004790
  • Std. Longitude: -76.9035353
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: the village of Greenbelt, Prince George County, Md; about 45 yards southwest of the intersection of Breezewood Road and Springhill Lane, which are in the Springhill Lakes Apartments complex; the soil is a remnant of natural soil near the northeast corner of the Beltway Plaza property
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD033—Prince George's
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD033—Prince George's County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. J. Carlisle, C. R. Berdanier, and D. S. Fanning
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SUNNYSIDE
  • PSC - 74 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/14/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/14/1970 (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

    KALA

    QUERC

    Kalmia latifolia

    Quercus

    mountain laurel

    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

    15

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    52

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    45

    1016

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    12.8

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    O2—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A09766
    A1—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) loamy sand; massive; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09767
    A21—6 to 49 centimeters (2.4 to 19.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09768
    A22—49 to 62 centimeters (19.3 to 24.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; massive; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09769
    B1—62 to 75 centimeters (24.4 to 29.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09770
    B2T—75 to 100 centimeters (29.5 to 39.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; sandy clay loam; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; clay films on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09771. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199912; continuous - phpvsfiid 199913; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199912; continuous - phpvsfiid 199913
    B3—100 to 118 centimeters (39.4 to 46.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) sandy loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct and 3 percent pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) medium distinct and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 3.0 medium tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09772
    C1—118 to 791 centimeters (46.5 to 311.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; 1 percent red (10R 5/6) coarse prominent and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09773
    C2—791 to 214 centimeters (311.4 to 84.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) silt loam, fine sandy loam; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09774