IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Piccowaxen

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 149A-MD017-Piccowaxen TL

User Pedon ID: S2004MD017002

Vegetation Plot ID: 149A-MD017-Piccowaxen TL

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 05N0341

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18316

Print Date: 12/4/2024

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: 38.4523315

Std. Longitude: -77.2600250

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Type location for proposed Piccowaxen series

Map Unit: KpA—Keyport silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes921A—Piccowaxen loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: Maryland

County: MD017—Charles

MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain

Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD017—Charles County, Maryland

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38077-E2—Indian Head, Maryland

PEDON

Describers Name: S. Davis, E. Earles, D. Verdone, V. Cohen

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Hapludults

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 2

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Piccowaxen

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Hapludults

PSC - 23 to 74 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/29/2004

Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: Unconsolidated coastal plain sediments of the Chickamuxen Church Formation

Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Geology: Maryland Point formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/29/2004 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

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
FAGR ILEX LITU QUAL	Fagus grandifolia Ilex Liriodendron tulipifera Quercus alba	American beech holly tuliptree white oak	— — — —	— — — —	— — — —

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	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 10.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine distinct dendritic dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01922; moist when described; observed in pit, small

A2—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 10.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine prominent dendritic yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01922; moist when described; observed in pit, small

BE—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent medium faint irregular iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01923; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); 65 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; 18 percent clay; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01924; moist when described; observed in pit, small

2Btg1—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 25 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loam; 15 percent clay; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01925; moist when described; observed in pit, small

2B't2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 25 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silt loam; 23 percent clay; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01926; moist when described; observed in pit, small

2B'tg2—71 to 122 centimeters (28.0 to 48.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) clay loam; 28 percent clay; friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # 05N01927; moist when described; observed in pit, small

2B'tg3—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) loam; 25 percent clay; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 05N01928; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket

2BCg1—142 to 155 centimeters (55.9 to 61.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) sandy loam; 13 percent clay; moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 05N01929; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket

2BCg3—155 to 183 centimeters (61.0 to 72.0 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) sandy loam; 10 percent clay; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 05N01930; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket