IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tangier
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MD039001
  • User Pedon ID: S2000MD039001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000MD039001
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 2G
  • Transect Stop Number - 9
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1058
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12551
  • Print Date: 1/27/2025

    • 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: 38.1619453
  • Std. Longitude: -75.8666687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Deal Island Wildlife Management Area in Dames Quarter Marsh south of Deal Island Road (Rt. 362). Approximately 6270 south on State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources property on dirt road from hard surface road at locked gate. East side of dirt road and west of Broad Creek.
  • Map Unit: Ta—Tangier mucky peat, very frequently flooded, tidal
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD039—Somerset
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD039—Somerset County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38075-B7—Monie, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Susan Demas, Jim Brewer, Carla Baker, Phil King, Melissa Rochford, Charlie Hanner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tangier
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/2016
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oriole
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mesic Typic Endoaqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/2000
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty eolian deposits and/or fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: tidal marsh
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: very frequent flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Depth: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Tidal Period - incoming
  • Water Properties:
  • Water Temp - Upper - 23
  • Water Salinity - Upper - 8.7
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oese

    Aseg

    Eseg

    0

    10

    13

    10

    13

    18

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    30

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    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

    Oese

    Aseg

    Eseg

    0

    10

    13

    10

    13

    18

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    3.1

    3.6

    3.6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    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 %

    Oese

    Aseg

    Eseg

    0

    10

    13

    10

    13

    18

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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

    CHTH2

    Chamaecyparis thyoides

    Atlantic white cedar

    —

    —

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

    n value > 0.7

    aquic conditions

    sulfidic materials

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    —

    0—183

    0—183

    0—18

    18—58

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    0

    —

    —

    0.5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Oese—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) mucky peat; many very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; 2 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) organic stains; ; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Aseg—10 to 13 centimeters (3.9 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; 2 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) organic stains; ; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. n-Value is less than 0.7.
    Eseg—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silt loam; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0P6240S; observed in pit, small. n-Value is less than 0.7.
    Btg1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silt loam; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. n-Value is between 0.7 and 1.0.
    Btg2—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); gray (N 5/), silt loam; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 3 percent medium prominent irregular light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 3 percent coarse prominent irregular light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. n-Value is between 0.7 and 1.0.
    2BCg1—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); bluish gray (10B 6/1) fine sandy loam; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 4 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. Woody organic material (tree trunks)7.6 to 13 cm in diamter at 58 cm ina 0.5 meter area in the soil pit. Carbon dating revelaed that the woody material was 250 +/- 50 years PB.; n-Value is between 0.7 and 1.0.
    2BCg2—86 to 142 centimeters (33.9 to 55.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) fine sandy loam; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 4 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. n-Value is between 0.7 and 1.0.
    2Cg—142 to 165 centimeters (55.9 to 65.0 inches); light gray (N 7/), loamy fine sand; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary.; observed in auger, bucket. n-Value is less than 0.7.
    2C—165 to 183 centimeters (65.0 to 72.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) sand; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments and 2 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3.; observed in auger, bucket. Two percent shall fragments.; n-Value is less than 0.7.