IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brockatonorton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012MD047001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012MD047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7940
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55340
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.1403694
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1782472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Worcester County, MD; Assateague Island National Seashore; Latitude 38 degrees 7 minutes 40.3804 seconds North and Longitude 75 degrees 11 minutes 10.4308 seconds West.
  • Map Unit: BkB—Brockatonorton sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD047—Worcester
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD047—Worcester County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38075-B2—Tingles Island, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MCR SYD, RBT, AR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic, uncoated Oxyaquic Quartzipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brockatonorton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/2018
  • Classifier - Rob Tunstead
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brockatanorton
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Aquic Udipsamments
  • Classificaton Date - 5/14/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: barrier island
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/14/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 24
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    sulfidic materials

    0—18

    34—226

    104—198

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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

    2

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    1.1

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    270

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    CA—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N02658; observed in pit, small
    Bw—12 to 34 centimeters (4.7 to 13.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent organic stains; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N02659; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—34 to 48 centimeters (13.4 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses throughout and 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N02660; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—48 to 104 centimeters (18.9 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N02661; observed in auger, bucket
    Cseg—104 to 198 centimeters (40.9 to 78.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N02662; observed in auger, bucket
    2Aseb—198 to 226 centimeters (78.0 to 89.0 inches); 50 percent very dark gray (N 3/), and 45 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) and 5 percent black (10YR 2/1) stratified stratified loam; structureless massive; friable; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # 12N02663; observed in auger, bucket