IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galestown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983MD019006
  • User Pedon ID: S1983MD019006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53707
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.6175000
  • Std. Longitude: -75.8277778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Dorchester County, MD; 1.5 mi. NE of Ennalls on Phillip Andres Farm, 1000 feet NE on Palmer Mill road.
  • Map Unit: GaA—Galestown loamy sand, 0 to 2 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-E7—Rhodesdale, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Brewer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Siliceous, mesic Psammentic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Galestown (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 74 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/22/2015
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galestown
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Psammentic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • 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:
  • 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

    74—102

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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

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    6.6

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior sand; 4 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 1.0 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P00073. few very fine roots; few to common fine and medium roots
    Bt1—28 to 74 centimeters (11.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sand; 3 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00074. common clay films surface features between sand grains; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    Bt2—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior loamy sand; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains and 55 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P00075. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features between sand grains; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    BC—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior sand; 4 percent clay; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P00076. few clay films surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots
    C1—130 to 147 centimeters (51.2 to 57.9 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 7/4) interior fine sand; 2 percent clay; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00077. few very fine roots
    C2—147 to 160 centimeters (57.9 to 63.0 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 7/4) interior sand; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Not sampled. Sand with two 1/2 inch thick strong brown 7.5YR 5/6 lamellae.