IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mullica
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MD039563
  • User Pedon ID: S2000MD039004
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 9N
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 3,280.8
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0061
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12952
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 38.2080574
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5884705
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: J.V. Wells Lumber property south of West Post Office Rd. and West of Petes Hill Rd.; just south of logging road running east-west and south of logging road in cutover timber.
  • Map Unit: Pm—Pocomoke sandy loam
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD039—Somerset
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • 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-B5—Dividing Creek, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Susan Demas, Alexander Hall, and Charles Hanner.
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mullica
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, siliceous, mesic Typic Alaquod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • 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: 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

    cambic horizon

    58—108

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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
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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 90 percent black (2.5Y 2/1) and 10 percent white (10YR 8/1) loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00290
    A2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); 60 percent black (2.5Y 2/1) and 15 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 25 percent white (10YR 8/1) loamy sand; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 01P00291. 15 percent E material mixed in A2 horizon
    Eg—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) sand; 5 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on sand and gravel; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual broken boundary. Lab sample # 01P00292. patchy - phpvsfiid 170597; patchy - phpvsfiid 170597
    Bh1—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); 97 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and 3 percent black (7.5YR 2/1) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00294. 50 percent of pit wall consists of B/Bh material with B material being 10YR 4/3 with 5 percent 7.5YR 3/1 and 7.5 YR 4/2 organic coats.
    Bh2—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); 96 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) and 4 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00295
    Cg—109 to 178 centimeters (42.9 to 70.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) loamy sand; massive; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00296
    C—178 to 206 centimeters (70.1 to 81.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) sand; single grain; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified.