IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berryland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MD039565
  • User Pedon ID: S2000MD039002
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 9Q
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0059
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12950
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.2249985
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6538925
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: J.V. Wells Lumber property. South of West Post Office Rd. and West of Petes Hill Rd. Near hunting encampment off grass trail.
  • Map Unit: Pm—Pocomoke sandy loam
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD039—Somerset
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD039—Somerset County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38075-B5—Dividing Creek, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Susan Demas, Alexander Hall, Charles Hanner.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, mesic Typic Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berryland
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, isotic, mesic Typic Humaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/13/2000
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/13/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and 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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—45

    30—45

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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

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    3.3

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 85 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 15 percent white (10YR 8/1) mucky* loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 01P00273
    A2—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); weak coarse and very coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 01P00274
    Bw—30 to 45 centimeters (11.8 to 17.7 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) loamy sand; fragments. Lab sample # 01P00275
    BC—45 to 78 centimeters (17.7 to 30.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; 3 percent fine irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 01P00276
    C—78 to 109 centimeters (30.7 to 42.9 inches); 15 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and 80 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; 1 percent fine irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 3 percent medium irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 01P00277
    Cg1—109 to 119 centimeters (42.9 to 46.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) sand; single grain; fragments. Lab sample # 01P00278
    Cg2—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) sand; 2 percent coarse irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 01P00279
    2Ab—145 to 183 centimeters (57.1 to 72.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # 01P00280