IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Manor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MD027001
  • User Pedon ID: S1988MD027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0493
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60611
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024
  • 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: 39.2472229
  • Std. Longitude: -76.9263916
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Clarksville Quad, 2000 feet E of intersection of Folly Quarter & Homewood Rds; 100 feet S of Homewood Rd.
  • Map Unit: MlB2—MANOR LOAM, 3 TO 8 PERCENT SLOPES, MODERATELY ERODED
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD027—Howard
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, micaceous, mesic Typic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Manor
  • Classificaton Date - 12/12/2012
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Manor
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1988 (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

    cambic horizon

    0—28

    28—55

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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

    10

    145

    0

    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P2535. 3% quartz gravel 1 to 10 cm in size.; many fine mica flakes concentrations; common fine roots
    Ap2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P2536. 3% quartz gravel 1 to 10 cm in size.; many fine mica flakes concentrations; common fine roots
    Bw1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 2 percent faint , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P2537. 3% quartz gravel 1 to 10 cm in size.; very few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine and fine roots
    Bw2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.1 discontinuous tubular pores; 30 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P2538. 4% quartz gravel 1 to 10 cm in size. Pores are along root channels.; many mica flakes concentrations; common very fine and fine roots
    BC1—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior loam; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.1 discontinuous tubular pores; 30 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P2539. Structure is inherent weak to very thin platy. 5% gravel 1 to 10 cm in size.; many mica flakes concentrations; common very fine and fine roots
    BC2—74 to 79 centimeters (29.1 to 31.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior loam; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.1 discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P2540. 5% quartz gravel 1 to 10 cm in size.; few very fine and fine roots
    C1—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 30 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P2541. 5% quartz gravel 1 to 10 cm in size.; many mica flakes concentrations; few fine roots
    C2—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior sandy loam, stratified loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium tubular pores; 30 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P2542. Few black concretions. 5% quartz gravel 1 to 10 cm in size.; many mica flakes concentrations
    C3—142 to 203 centimeters (55.9 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior sandy loam, stratified loam; strong medium platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Fourth moist color (2.5Y 5/6). 10% quartz gravel 1 to 10 cm in size.