IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Downer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983MD019005
  • User Pedon ID: S1983MD019005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53706
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.6305556
  • Std. Longitude: -75.9144444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Dorchester County, MD; 1.25 mi. N of East New Market or Pea Hill road and 45 feet E of road.
  • Map Unit: IgB—Ingleside sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD019—Dorchester
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD019—Dorchester County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38075-F8—Preston, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Brewer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Downer
  • PSC - 71 to 121 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2014
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Downer
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: rise
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    71—152

    —28—

    —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

    5

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loamy sand; 6 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P00068. common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    Bt1—28 to 71 centimeters (11.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sandy loam; 13 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P00069. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
    Bt2—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; 30 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 37 percent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00070. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots
    Bt3—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loamy sand; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 37 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00071. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    Bt4—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loamy sand; 20 percent clay; 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 37 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00072. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; many fine faint 10YR53 mottles
    C—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; 15 percent clay; 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Not sampled. Mottles in thin layers containing more silt.; many medium distinct 10YR53 mottles