IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pone

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2013MD045001

User Pedon ID: S2013MD045001

Vegetation Plot ID: S2013MD045001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 14N0301

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79426

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: 38.3550444

Std. Longitude: -75.7276972

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: In a forested location approximately 321 feet Southwest of the intersections of Route 349 (Nanticoke Road) and Route 352 (Whitehaven Road) and just southeast of Quantico and north of the Wicomico River in Wicomico County, MD.

Map Unit: FadA—Fallsington sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Northern Tidewater Area

Country: US—United States

State: Maryland

County: MD045—Wicomico

MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area

Regional Office: SE—Southeast

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD045—Wicomico County, Maryland

PEDON

Describers Name: Susan Demas and Rob Tunstead

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Umbraquults

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: representative pedon for component

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Pone

PSC - 26 to 70 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/6/2016

Classifier - Demas

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Fallsington

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Umbraquults

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 26 to 70 cm.

Classificaton Date - 11/1/2013

Classifier - Demas/Tunstead

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture SUBClass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: yes

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 1

SITE

Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits

Landscape: coastal plain

Landform: flat

Geomorphic Component Flats: talf

Hill Slope Profile: footslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: negligible

Drainage Class: poorly

Ponding: occasional ponding for brief periods begining in jan

Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365

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: 10/23/2013 (actual site observation date)

Surface Water Kind: none observed

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 - partly cloudy

Current Air Temp - 10

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ACRU CLAL3 ILOP PITA	Acer rubrum Clethra alnifolia Ilex opaca Pinus taeda	red maple coastal sweetpepperbush American holly loblolly pine	— — — —	— — — —	— — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
aquic conditions umbric epipedon argillic horizon lithologic discontinuity	0—219 0—26 26—70 95—114	—- —- —- —-

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	—	—	6	—	270	1161	—	249	14.2	24.2	4	—	—	—	—	—	MD8000	SALISBURY	WETS

Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) mucky peat; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01557; moist when described; observed in pit, small

A—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dry; mucky sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout and many very coarse roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01558; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Ap—10 to 26 centimeters (3.9 to 10.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots throughout and many very coarse roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01559; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Btg1—26 to 46 centimeters (10.2 to 18.1 inches); 80 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and 20 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01560; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Btg2—46 to 60 centimeters (18.1 to 23.6 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01561; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Btg3—60 to 70 centimeters (23.6 to 27.6 inches); 90 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) and 10 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 6 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 7 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 7 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01562; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cg—70 to 95 centimeters (27.6 to 37.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few medium roots throughout; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 3 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01563; moist when described; observed in pit, small

2Cg—95 to 114 centimeters (37.4 to 44.9 inches); 80 percent gray (5Y 6/1) and 20 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) stratified stratified loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few medium roots throughout; 4 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout and 4 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01564; moist when described; observed in pit, small

3Cg—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01565; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket

4Cg—142 to 186 centimeters (55.9 to 73.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01566; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket

5Ab—186 to 219 centimeters (73.2 to 86.2 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) mucky silt loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 14N01567; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket