IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Evesboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012MD047003
  • User Pedon ID: S2012MD047003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2012MD047003
  • User Site Association ID: 3-HAM Benchmark Sampling MLRA Project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0566
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72869
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 38.2142861
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5225306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - PDOP: 5
  • Location Description: In a Chesapeake Forest Management area where site is 199 feet due north of Old Furnace Road. Site is a former soil pit used by Dr. Rabenhorst for educational purposes.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD047—Worcester
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD047—Worcester County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Brewer, Susan Demas, Phil King, and Rob Tunstead
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic, uncoated Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Evesboro
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/12/2013
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Evesboro
  • Taxonomic Class - Mesic, coated Lamellic Quartzipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: dune
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): NASIS Site Name (MLRA03_Raleigh) and NASIS Group Name (3-HAM Hammonton, NJ MSSO) was transferred to (MLRA12_Amherst) and (NE-HAM Hammonton, NJ MSSO) respectively to align with the new USDA-NRCS SPSD Regional Office boundaries. The MLRA12-Amherst NASIS Site will eventually be renamed as the Northeast NASIS Site.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/3/2012 (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
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 20
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ILOP

    PITA

    PIVI2

    QUAL

    QUFA

    SMILA2

    VAAN

    Ilex opaca

    Pinus taeda

    Pinus virginiana

    Quercus alba

    Quercus falcata

    Smilax

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    American holly

    loblolly pine

    Virginia pine

    white oak

    southern red oak

    greenbrier

    lowbush blueberry

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    overstory

    overstory

    overstory

    overstory

    overstory

    understory

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

    hemic soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    lamellae

    0—6

    0—22

    123—200

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    Pedon Horizon Bulk Density
    Horizon Depth to Top Depth to Bottom Method Data Collector Field Moist Volume Field Moist Sample Wt. Air Dry Sample Wt. Field Moist Co. Fragment Wt. Air Dry Fragment Wt. Fragment Density Coarse Fragment Volume Air Dry Subsample Wt. Oven Dry Subsample Wt. Grav Soil Moist % Whole Soil Grav Soil Moist % Fine Earth Bulk Density FM Fine Soil Bulk Density FM Whole Soill Bulk Density OD fINE Earth Bulk Density OD Fine Earth Bulk Density Satiated
    cm cm3 g g/cm3 cm3 g % g/cm3

    EA

    BE

    E1

    E2

    E and Bt

    9

    22

    51

    85

    123

    22

    51

    85

    123

    200

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

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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

    7

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    45

    1173

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    218

    13.8

    23.7

    3.7

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    MD8380

    SNOW HILL

    WETS
    Oe—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) moderately decomposed plant material; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02688; observed in pit, small
    A—6 to 9 centimeters (2.4 to 3.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    EA—9 to 22 centimeters (3.5 to 8.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sand; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; many fine moderate-continuity tubular and few coarse moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02689; observed in pit, small
    BE—22 to 51 centimeters (8.7 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; few medium moderate-continuity tubular and common fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02690; observed in pit, small
    E1—51 to 85 centimeters (20.1 to 33.5 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; few fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02691; observed in pit, small
    E2—85 to 123 centimeters (33.5 to 48.4 inches); 70 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 30 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/1) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; few fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; 40 percent krotovinas (volume percent); abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02692; observed in pit, small
    E and Bt—123 to 200 centimeters (48.4 to 78.7 inches); 90 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; common medium roots throughout; 2 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments.; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060938; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060938