IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Honga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986MD019001
  • User Pedon ID: S1986MD019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0111
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59407
  • 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: 38.3175011
  • Std. Longitude: -76.0547256
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Farm Creek Marsh, 1.5 mi NE of Toddville; .1 mi from end of Cedar Creek Marsh Rd. 430 feet SW of Rd. into Marsh.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD019—Dorchester

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Brewer and M. Rabenhorst
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Sulfihemists
  • 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Honga
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2016
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Honga
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: swamp or marsh
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • 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

    hemic soil materials

    aquic conditions

    sulfidic materials

    sapric soil materials

    argillic horizon

    0—53

    0—165

    0—165

    53—61

    152—165

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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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    Oese1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior mucky peat; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00656. Hemic soil material; 60 percent fibers, 40 percent rubbed; 40 percent mineral soil material; 20 percent live coarse roots; thin fibric layer at surface.
    Oese2—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior mucky peat; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00657. Hemic soil material; 40 percent fibers, 30 percent rubbed; 10 percent mineral soil material.
    Oese3—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior mucky peat; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00658. Hemic soil material; 20 percent fibers, 20 percent tubbed; 5 percent mineral soil material.
    Oase—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior muck; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00659. Sapric soil material; 50 percent fibers, 50 percent soil material.
    Cseg1—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior silt loam; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00660. Field n value .7 to 1.0. Few coarse roots.; many very fine roots; many fine and medium roots
    Cseg2—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00661. Field n value .7. Few coarse roots.; many very fine roots; many fine and medium roots; common medium prominent 2.5Y54 mottles
    Ase—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent and 30 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00662. Field n value less than .7.; common very fine roots; few fine roots; many medium distinct 5Y62 mottles; common fine prominent 10YR46 mottles
    Btseb—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior clay loam; 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct and 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P00663. Field n value less than .7.; common very fine roots; many medium prominent 10YR68 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR61 mottles