IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Annapolis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007MD033004
  • User Pedon ID: S2007MD033004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2007MD033004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0331
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19782
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 38.9609985
  • Std. Longitude: -76.7180557
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: This pedon was from a pit dug at Kenilworth Park, northwest of the intersection of Route 3 and Route 50 (John Hanson Highway), in Prince George's County, Maryland. The pit was a contest pit for the 2007 Northeastern Regional Collegiate Soil Judging Contest. Pedon number is 07MD033004.
  • Map Unit: CoC—Collington-Wist complex, 5 to 10 percent slopes
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD033—Prince George's
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD033—Prince George's County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Verdone, David
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Annapolis
  • PSC - 9 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2013
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Annapolis
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, glauconitic, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Aquia formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - 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

    LIST2

    Liquidambar styraciflua

    sweetgum

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—9

    9—91

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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

    6

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    1067

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    185

    13

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    Ap—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; 5 percent of Glauconite pellet content; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N02111; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—9 to 21 centimeters (3.5 to 8.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face loam; 12 percent clay; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; 7 percent of Glauconite pellet content; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N02112; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—21 to 60 centimeters (8.3 to 23.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; 15 percent of glauconite pellet content; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N02113; observed in pit, small
    BC1—60 to 91 centimeters (23.6 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face sandy clay loam; 18 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; 15 percent of glauconite pellet content; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N02114; observed in pit, small
    BC2—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face sandy clay loam; 12 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions and 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; 20 percent of glauconite pellet content; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N02115; observed in pit, small
    CBj—127 to 160 centimeters (50.0 to 63.0 inches); 45 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face and 45 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) broken face fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; 20 percent of glauconite pellet content; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 08N02116; observed in pit, small