IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alloway

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1999MD003003

User Pedon ID: S1999MD003003

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 00P0102

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11610

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: 39.1172218

Std. Longitude: -76.7152786

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Fort Meade, in wooded area about 1/8 mile NW of Meade Heights Elementary School off of Reece Rd.

Map Unit: RhB—Russett-Christiana-Hambrook complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes

State: Maryland

County: MD003—Anne Arundel

MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain

Regional Office: SE—Southeast

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD003—Anne Arundel County, Maryland

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39076-A6—Odenton, Maryland

PEDON

Describers Name: SLD, DRPV

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Oxyaquic Paleudults

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: representative pedon for component

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Alloway

Classificaton Date - 4/7/2015

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Alloway

Classificaton Date - 4/9/1999

Moisture Class - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 1

Field Measured Properties: 37 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 7.62 cm of Depth to mottles and 190.5 cm of Depth of solum

SITE

Landscape: coastal plain

Drainage Class: moderately well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 4/9/1999 (actual site observation date)

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 Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon fibric soil materials argillic horizon redox depletions with chroma 2 or less	0—13 0—5 25—185 89—	—- —- —- —-

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
—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.

A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) rubbed silt loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00651, 00P00651

BE—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 21 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium olive (5Y 5/3) iron depletions between peds and 3 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00652, 00P00652. location for concentration recorded on field sheet as LPO

Bt1—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots between peds; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00653, 00P00653

Bt2—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); 45 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 30 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak very fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine roots between peds; 2.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 90 percent prominent light gray (5YR 7/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine platy extremely weakly coherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium very pale brown (10YR 7/3) iron depletions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00654, 00P00654. continuous - phpvsfiid 120146; continuous - phpvsfiid 120146

Bt3—89 to 129 centimeters (35.0 to 50.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; 46 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds and 0.2 coarse roots throughout; 90 percent distinct light gray (5YR 7/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent medium irregular light gray (5YR 7/1) iron depletions between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00655, 00P00655. continuous - phpvsfiid 120147; continuous - phpvsfiid 120147

Bt4—129 to 185 centimeters (50.8 to 72.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 50 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 15 percent distinct light gray (5YR 7/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments. Lab sample # 00P00656, 00P00656. lower part described from auger boring; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120148; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120148

BCt—185 to 196 centimeters (72.8 to 77.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3) silt loam; 33 percent clay; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 00P00657, 00P00657. described from auger boring