IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wiltshire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998MD021133
  • User Pedon ID: S1998MD021133
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0349
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10620
  • 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: 39.3902779
  • Std. Longitude: -77.2444458
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: England Farm, approximately 1 mile east of New Market; in a pasture field; approximately 1,650 feet north of Rt. 144 and 650 feet west of Detrick Rd.
  • Map Unit: GaB2—GLENELG GRAVELLY LOAM, 0 TO 8 PERCENT SLOPES MODERATELY ERODED
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD021—Frederick
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD021—Frederick County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39077-D2—Libertytown, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carl Robinette, Phil King, Joe Kraft
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 133
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wiltshire (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 38 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2015
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - GLENELG
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 3/25/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: marble
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/25/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 41
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    74 - 109

    - 35 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—25

    38—74

    74—109

    —25—

    —36—

    —35—
    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

    1

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    149

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 95 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) crushed silt loam; strong fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments observed by weighed method; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02049; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); 95 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed gravelly silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky parts to strong medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 19 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments observed by weighed method; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02050; observed in pit, small
    BE—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); 85 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 21 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments observed by weighed method; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02051; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1104879; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1104879
    Bt—38 to 74 centimeters (15.0 to 29.1 inches); 80 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) crushed silt loam; 26 percent clay; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium and coarse tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent black (N 2/0), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments observed by weight and displacement method; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02052; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 1104880; patchy - phpvsfiid 1104881; patchy - phpvsfiid 1104880; patchy - phpvsfiid 1104881
    Bx—74 to 109 centimeters (29.1 to 42.9 inches); 75 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior loam; weak coarse, and very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 3 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions between peds and 3 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) plinthite nodules between peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments observed by weighed method; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02053; observed in pit, small. Prism faces are approximately 7 to 12 inches apart. Iron Depletion color is the interior and Iron Accumulation is the exterior. Brittle in the lower portion of the horizon.
    2C1—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); 90 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very gravelly clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; firm; 53 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments observed by weighed method; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02054; observed in pit, small. Consistency is firm in place friable in hand.
    2C2—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); 90 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior very gravelly loam; 26 percent clay; massive; friable; 56 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments observed by weighed method; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02055; observed in pit, small
    2C3—157 to 249 centimeters (61.8 to 98.0 inches); 90 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very channery sandy loam; 18 percent clay; 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; 56 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter schist, basic fragments observed by weighed method; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P02056; observed in pit, small