IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fox Hill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013MD047001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013MD047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0298
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79423
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 38.1278139
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1859972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - PDOP: 2
  • Location Description: Assateague Island National Seashore, Worcester County, MD. This site is part of a study by Dr. Martin C.Rabenhorst and PhD candidate Annie Rossie of the University of Maryland College Park, funded through the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service KSSL Lincoln, NE to study the Pedogenesis and Soil Hydromorphology of Mid-Atlantic Barrier Island Landscapes.
  • Map Unit: FxdA—Fox Hill sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38075-B2—Tingles Island, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AR, MCR, RBT, SYD
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, siliceous, mesic Haplic Sulfaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fox Hill
  • PSC - 0 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/5/2017
  • Classifier - David Steinmann
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: dune field eolian sands over tidal marsh organic material over sandy marine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: dune on barrier island, dune field on barrier island
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Ksat Class Upper: very high
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Susan Demas, Rob Tunstead, Annie Rossi, Marty Rabenhorst
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    aquic conditions

    hemic soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    sapric soil materials

    sulfidic materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    sapric soil materials

    sulfidic materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—205

    0—9

    0—17

    9—14

    17—103

    84—113

    103—113

    113—205

    113—205

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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

    1

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    —

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    270

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    Oe—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) mucky peat; common very fine roots throughout and common very coarse roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01534; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oa—9 to 14 centimeters (3.5 to 5.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) muck; common very fine roots throughout and common very coarse roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01535; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—14 to 17 centimeters (5.5 to 6.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01536; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cseg1—17 to 56 centimeters (6.7 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 5 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl on 1 percent of the area measured in matrix; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01537; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Strong Sulfide odor.
    Cseg2—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl on 1 percent of the area measured in matrix; extremely acid, pH 3.7. Lab sample # 14N01538; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. Positive reaction to 30% hydrogen peroxide after 5 minutes.; 10% mineral bands of ilmenite (N 3.5/ and N 3/) approximately 1.0 to 5 millimeter in thickness
    2Aseb—84 to 103 centimeters (33.1 to 40.6 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2) loam; nonsticky, slightly plastic; slightly fluid; fragments; reduced monosulfides present; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl on 1 percent of the area measured in matrix; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 14N01539; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. Positive reaction to 30% hydrogen peroxide after 5 minutes.
    2Oa—103 to 113 centimeters (40.6 to 44.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4. Lab sample # 14N01540; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    3Cseg1—113 to 164 centimeters (44.5 to 64.6 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter chert fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; ultra acid, pH 3.3. Lab sample # 14N01541; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. Positive reaction to 30% hydrogen peroxide after 5 minutes.
    3Cseg2—164 to 183 centimeters (64.6 to 72.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter chert fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; ultra acid, pH 3.4. Lab sample # 14N01542; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    3Cseg3—183 to 205 centimeters (72.0 to 80.7 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; extremely acid, pH 3.6. Lab sample # 14N01543; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket