IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beltsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994MD033001
  • User Pedon ID: S1994MD033001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0269
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67287
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 38.6280556
  • Std. Longitude: -76.7585389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Schmidt Outdoor Education Center. This is the site of the Series type location.
  • Map Unit: BlB2—BELTSVILLE SILT LOAM, 2 TO 5 PERCENT SLOPES, MODERATELY ERODED
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD033—Prince George's
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD033—Prince George's County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38076-F7—Brandywine, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carl Robinette
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beltsville (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 20 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2015
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beltsville
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: Coastal Plain upland
  • Landform: broad interstream divide
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS 58
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    51 - 104

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—20

    20—104

    51—104

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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

    5

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    —

    200

    —

    1067

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    185

    13

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); Error; fragments. Lab sample # 95P01779
    A—1 to 8 centimeters (0.4 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01780
    E—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01781
    Bt—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 75 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P01782
    Btx1—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate thin platy structure; very firm; brittle; 21.0 fine roots between peds; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01783
    Btx2—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) gravelly loam, gravelly sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak thick platy structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 medium vesicular and 21.0 fine vesicular and 0.5 coarse vesicular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01784
    2C—104 to 165 centimeters (40.9 to 65.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and gray (10YR 5/1) gravelly sandy clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy structure; 3.0 very fine roots between peds and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 16 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01785
    2C1—165 to 180 centimeters (65.0 to 70.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; friable; 3 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses and 3 percent medium light brown (7.5YR 6/4) iron-manganese masses; 22 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01786
    2C2—180 to 193 centimeters (70.9 to 76.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) coarse sandy loam; massive; friable; 3 percent medium light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) iron-manganese masses; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01787
    2C3—193 to 213 centimeters (76.0 to 83.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) coarse sandy loam; massive; friable; 3 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses and 21 percent medium dark red (2.5YR 3/6) iron-manganese masses; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01788
    2C4—213 to 277 centimeters (83.9 to 109.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) coarse sandy loam; massive; friable; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01789
    2C5—277 to 307 centimeters (109.1 to 120.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly sandy loam; massive; friable; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 95P01790
    2C6—307 to 371 centimeters (120.9 to 146.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse sandy loam; massive; friable; 14 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 95P01791
    2C7—371 to 409 centimeters (146.1 to 161.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) gravelly loamy sand; massive; friable; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 95P01792
    2C8—409 to 485 centimeters (161.0 to 190.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; friable; 38 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 95P01793