IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gaila
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986MD031005
  • User Pedon ID: S1986MD031005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0897
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59191
  • 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: 39.1750583
  • Std. Longitude: -77.0482694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2400 feet E on Gold Mine road from intersection of Georgia Ave.; 440 feet S of Gold Mine road in hayfield.
  • Map Unit: 1C—Gaila silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD031—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James H. Brown, Steve T. Dyer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gaila
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1992
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - fifth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Purcellville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1986 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

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    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

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    0—18

    18—61

    163—188

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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

    11

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P5394. 15 percent rock fragments.; many fine and medium roots
    Bt1—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; faint dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 86P5395. 10 percent rock fragments.; many fine roots
    Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots; faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 86P5396. 15 percent rock fragments.; few medium roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 1080878; patchy - phpvsfiid 1080878
    BC—61 to 107 centimeters (24.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 86P5397. Red (2.5YR 4/8) gravelly clay films. Thin clay films in seams and tongues of Bt. 15 percent rock fragments.
    C—107 to 163 centimeters (42.1 to 64.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior sandy loam; massive; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P5398. 10 percent weathered rock fragments.
    Cr—163 to 188 centimeters (64.2 to 74.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; very firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P5399. During the review of the Soil 8 in 1992 the Cr horizon was revised to a C2