IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sassafras
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MD047068
  • User Pedon ID: S1993MD047068
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0260
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66438
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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 Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 68
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sassafras
  • PSC - 43 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/9/2016
  • Classifier - Suan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sassafras
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    43—71

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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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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01561
    E—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01562
    Bt1—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01563
    C1—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sand; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01564
    C2—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01565
    C3—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; massive; loose; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01566
    C4—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P01567