IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gaila
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982MD031002
  • User Pedon ID: S1982MD031002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982MD031002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0475
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51262
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 39.2376472
  • Std. Longitude: -77.1471944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lechleider Farm, Rt. 108, About 6400 feet south/southwest of Etchison, 9300 feet north/northwest of Laytonsville, 1200 feet west of Laytonsville Rd (State Highway 108) 1720 feet north of Rocky Road and 2225 feet northwest of the intersection of Laytonsville Rd (State Highway 108) and Rocky Road, in Montgomery County, Maryland
  • Map Unit: 2B—Glenelg silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesGHB2—
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD031—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD031—Montgomery County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39077-B2—Gaithersburg, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, semiactive, mesic Inceptic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gaila
  • PSC - 24 to 37 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/15/2013
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MANOR
  • Classificaton Date - 4/13/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from schist
  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: schist, unspecified at 230cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/13/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    TRIFO

    Trifolium

    clover

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    very strongly coherent

    230 - 260

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic materials

    0—24

    24—37

    230—260

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    —13—

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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

    7

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) very gravelly loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 36 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02358; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt—24 to 37 centimeters (9.4 to 14.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) very channery clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 43 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 82P02359; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    BC1—37 to 47 centimeters (14.6 to 18.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) very channery loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 34 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02360; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    BC2—47 to 61 centimeters (18.5 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) very channery loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 39 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02361; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    C1—61 to 98 centimeters (24.0 to 38.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) very channery fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 22 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 82P02362; very moist when described; observed in trench
    C2—98 to 170 centimeters (38.6 to 66.9 inches); variegated 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 33 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 33 percent black (5YR 2/1) very channery fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.0 roots; 48 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 82P02363; very moist when described; observed in trench
    C3—170 to 230 centimeters (66.9 to 90.6 inches); variegated 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 20 percent black (5Y 2/1) extremely channery sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; very friable; 67 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 82P02364; very moist when described; observed in trench
    R—230 to 260 centimeters (90.6 to 102.4 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in trench