IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Manor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MD027001A
  • User Pedon ID: S1988MD027001A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0494
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60612
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.2471805
  • Std. Longitude: -76.9249055
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Clarksville, Univ. of MD Forage Farm, Howard County 25 feet W of primary pedon.
  • Map Unit: MgC3—MANOR GRAVELLY LOAM, 8 TO 15 PERCENT SLOPES, SEVERELY 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: Fine-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:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—50

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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

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; strong medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P2543. 1% coarse fragments.; few fine roots
    Ap2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P2544. 1% coarse fragments.; few fine roots
    Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 88P2545
    Bt2—41 to 50 centimeters (16.1 to 19.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior silt loam, loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 88P2546