IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elkton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984MD019011
  • User Pedon ID: S1984MD019011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55741
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 38.4667861
  • Std. Longitude: -75.9621583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 4.25 mi NW of Drawbridge; .7 mi N of Junction. of Fork Neck Rd. & Decoursey Bridge Rd. 20 yards. S of Fork Neck Rd.
  • Map Unit: OtA—Othello silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Northern Tidewater Area
  • 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-D8—Chicamacomico River, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Albaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elkton
  • PSC - 25 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/12/2015
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Othello
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Ochraquult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam; 12 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00131; dry when described;. Massive when dry.; few to common very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots; few fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    Btg1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior silty clay loam; 22 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00132; dry when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots; few fine roots; common medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1351356; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1351356
    Btg2—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior silty clay loam; 25 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; strong medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 55 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00133; moist when described;. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots; few fine roots; common medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 1351354; patchy - phpvsfiid 1351354
    2BCg—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior sandy loam; 21 percent clay; 11 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium faint and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00134; moist when described;. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; many coarse prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; common medium faint 10YR51 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1351355; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1351355
    3Cg1—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior loamy sand; 1 percent clay; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) medium prominent and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) coarse faint mottles; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00135; moist when described;. Some parts are loamy sand; 5% gravel.; few very fine roots; few medium prominent 7.5YR54 mottles; few coarse faint 10YR51 mottles
    3Cg2—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior loamy coarse sand; 4 percent clay; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P00136; moist when described;. Possible iron stain layer on drying fine filaments layers of dark (5YR 4/8) iron deposits; 5% gravel.; many coarse prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    3Cg3—127 to 137 centimeters (50.0 to 53.9 inches); unknown texture; fragments. Stopped by water table; increase in small gravel; not sampled.