IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Othello
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004MD029004
  • User Pedon ID: S2004MD029004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2004MD029004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0209
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18217
  • 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: 39.1870575
  • Std. Longitude: -76.1878357
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: Em—Elkton silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD029—Kent
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD029—Kent County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39076-B2—Rock Hall, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Endoaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Othello
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/2013
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Othello
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Endoaquults
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/2004
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: marine deposits
  • Landform: terrace
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    LIST2

    NYSY

    QUFA

    QUPH

    Acer rubrum

    Liquidambar styraciflua

    Nyssa sylvatica

    Quercus falcata

    Quercus phellos

    red maple

    sweetgum

    blackgum

    southern red oak

    willow oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    0—29

    10—200

    43—124

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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

    3

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt; moderate fine granular structure; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01206
    Eg—10 to 29 centimeters (3.9 to 11.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt; weak medium platy, and moderate medium platy, and weak coarse platy, and moderate fine platy structure; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01207
    B/E—29 to 43 centimeters (11.4 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01208
    Btg/E—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine platy structure; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films; 20 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 05N01209
    Btg1—61 to 87 centimeters (24.0 to 34.3 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; 0.5 fine roots between peds; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01210. continuous - phpvsfiid 1060917; continuous - phpvsfiid 1060917
    Btg2—87 to 111 centimeters (34.3 to 43.7 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; 0.5 fine roots between peds; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent very coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 25 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01211
    2Btg3—111 to 124 centimeters (43.7 to 48.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; strong medium prismatic structure; very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01212
    3Ab—124 to 136 centimeters (48.8 to 53.5 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 5 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 20 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01213
    3C1—136 to 159 centimeters (53.5 to 62.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) stratified fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01214
    4C2—159 to 200 centimeters (62.6 to 78.7 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) loamy fine sand; fragments. Lab sample # 05N01215