IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fallsington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MD047052
  • User Pedon ID: S1993MD047052
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0257
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66435
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD047—Worcester
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD047—Worcester County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: George Demas, John Burns
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 52
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fallsington
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/2012
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Portsmouth
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    0—183

    25—183

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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
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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01547
    Eg—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01548
    Btg1—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy clay loam; 3 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01549
    Btg2—53 to 99 centimeters (20.9 to 39.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01550
    Btg3—99 to 183 centimeters (39.0 to 72.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P01551