IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Deale

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1999MD003010

User Pedon ID: S1999MD003010

Vegetation Plot ID: S1999MD003010

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 00P0106

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11614

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: 38.8342806

Std. Longitude: -76.5591250

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Anne Arundel County, Maryland; about 1.6 miles NNW of Oakland, 1,250 feet east of Maryland Route 468 (Muddy Creek Road), and 650 feet north of Holly Landing Road; Deale USGS topographic quadrangle; lat. 38 degrees 50 minutes 3 seconds N. and long. 76 degrees 32 minutes 34 seconds W., NAD 27.

Map Unit: DcA—Deale-Shadyoak complex, 0 to 2 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: 38076-G5—Deale, Maryland

PEDON

Describers Name: DRPV,JW

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Endoaquults

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Deale (flagged as OSD)

PSC - 30 to 80 cm.

Classificaton Date - 7/21/2015

Classifier - SusanDemas

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture Subclass - aeric

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Deale

Classificaton Date - 8/13/1999

Moisture Class - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 1

Field Measured Properties: 30 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 0 cm of Depth to mottles

SITE

Landscape: coastal plain

Landform: terrace

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/13/1999 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 36

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
POA	Poa	bluegrass	—	—	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon redox concentrations aquic conditions argillic horizon reduced matrix reduced matrix reduced matrix lithologic discontinuity argillic horizon	0—30 0—183 20—183 30—81 30—81 91—117 127—183 127—183 155—183	—30— —183— —163— —51— —51— —26— —56— —56— —28—

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	—	—	7	—	270	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4); 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 6 percent fine and medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00681

BE—20 to 31 centimeters (7.9 to 12.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4); 24 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.1 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent fine platy white (N 8/) masses of dark accumulation and 15 percent fine and medium irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent fine and medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent fine and medium irregular gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00682

Btg1—31 to 51 centimeters (12.2 to 20.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 28 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 4 percent distinct white (N 8/0), moist, skeletans on faces of peds and 5 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent fine and medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00683. patchy - phpvsfiid 120222; patchy - phpvsfiid 120223; patchy - phpvsfiid 120222; patchy - phpvsfiid 120223

Btg2—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2); 32 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct white (N 8/0) skeletans on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent fine and medium irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00684. patchy - phpvsfiid 120224; continuous - phpvsfiid 120225; patchy - phpvsfiid 120224; continuous - phpvsfiid 120225

2BC—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 25 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6); 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate thin platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct white (N 8/0) skeletans on faces of peds; 5 percent fine and medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent fine and medium irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00685. Contains about 1 percent glauconite pellets.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120226; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120226

3BCg1—91 to 104 centimeters (35.8 to 40.9 inches); 80 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 10 percent olive (5Y 5/3); 26 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 5 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent coarse and very coarse irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent fine spherical yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00686. Contains a trace amount of glauconite pellets.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120231; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120231

3BCg2—104 to 117 centimeters (40.9 to 46.1 inches); 80 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 10 percent olive (5Y 5/3); 25 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent distinct white (N 8/0) skeletans on faces of peds; 5 percent coarse and very coarse irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent coarse and very coarse irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00687. Contains about 1 percent glauconite pellets.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120232; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120232

4BC'—117 to 127 centimeters (46.1 to 50.0 inches); 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6); 12 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky parts to weak thin platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent distinct white (N 8/0) skeletans on faces of peds; 10 percent medium threadlike strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium threadlike light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 00P00688. Contains about 1 percent glauconite pellets. This horrizon was discontinous throughout the profile and was sampled from the opposite side.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120233; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120233

5Agb1—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 40 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2); 32 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 20 percent distinct white (N 8/0) skeletans on faces of peds; 5 percent coarse and very coarse irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent fine threadlike yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00689. Contains dead roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120234; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120234

5Agb2—140 to 155 centimeters (55.1 to 61.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1); 32 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) skeletans on faces of peds; 7 percent medium and coarse irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00690. Contains dead roots.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120237; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120237

5Btgb1—155 to 168 centimeters (61.0 to 66.1 inches); 45 percent black (7.5YR 2/1) and 45 percent gray (7.5YR 5/1); 41 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 5 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) skeletans on faces of peds and 5 percent distinct very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent medium irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00691. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120238; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120239; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120238; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120239

5Btgb2—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2); 39 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent distinct white (N 8/0) skeletans on faces of peds and 5 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; 4 percent fine and medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P00692. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120240; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120241; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120240; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 120241