IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Glenelg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999MD005005
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MD005005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999MD005005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0097
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11605
  • 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: 39.4849528
  • Std. Longitude: -76.6889833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Oregon Ridge 2 upper
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD005—Baltimore
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD005—Baltimore County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, subactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Glenelg
  • PSC - 22 to 72 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2015
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Glenelg
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/1999 (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 Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Bt2

    CBt

    58

    132

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    5

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Bt2

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    58

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Bt2

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    58

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

    NYSY

    QUAL

    QURU

    Nyssa sylvatica

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    blackgum

    white oak

    northern red oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    2—22

    33—93

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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

    4

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    Duff/O—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 00P00608. discontinuous Oi; loose leaves and twigs.
    A1—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; 13 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00609. c vf mica.
    A2—10 to 22 centimeters (3.9 to 8.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; 15 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00610. c vf mica.
    BE—22 to 33 centimeters (8.7 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00611. c vf mica.
    Bt1—33 to 60 centimeters (13.0 to 23.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay loam; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00612. cf clay films; c vf mica.
    Bt2—60 to 93 centimeters (23.6 to 36.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 26 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00613. m clay films distinct on ped faces; c f mica.
    BCt—93 to 134 centimeters (36.6 to 52.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy clay loam; 16 percent clay; moderate thin platy structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; 3 percent by volume quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00614. 2.5YR 7/4 flakes many of mica; N 2/0 Fe Mn stains.
    CBt—134 to 172 centimeters (52.8 to 67.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and light reddish brown (2.5YR 7/4) and yellow (10YR 7/6) gravelly coarse sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak thick platy structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00615. 1 v. many mica c f; matrix colors variegated; N 2/0 Fe Mn masses; roots along rock fracture faces; 12% schist para channers.
    C—172 to 205 centimeters (67.7 to 80.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and yellow (10YR 7/6) gravelly loamy coarse sand; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P00616. very many medium mica flakes; variegated Mn stains; para channery para/cos; rock channery; 25% silt para channer.