IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fox Hill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013MD047002
  • User Pedon ID: S2013MD047002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0299
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79424
  • User Project ID: 18-ham-CZSS
  • Project Name: MLRA 153D - Askecksy loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.1402472
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1782806
  • 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: W—Water
  • 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: Siliceous, mesic Sodic Psammaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fox Hill (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 0 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/19/2017
  • Classifier - David Steinmann
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands over sandy marine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: swale interdune on barrier island
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Ksat Class Upper: very high
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional 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 Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oa

    A

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cseg

    2Aseb

    0

    2

    5

    30

    66

    149

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    5

    30

    66

    149

    195

    14N01544

    14N01545

    14N01546

    14N01547

    14N01548

    14N01549

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Oa

    A

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cseg

    2Aseb

    0

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    5

    30

    66

    149

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    66

    149

    195

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Oa

    A

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cseg

    2Aseb

    0

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    5

    30

    66

    149

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    66

    149

    195

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

    sapric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    sulfidic materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—2

    0—5

    5—195

    66—195

    149—195

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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

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    Oa—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) muck; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01544; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01545; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—5 to 30 centimeters (2.0 to 11.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01546; moist when described; observed in pit, small. No reaction to 30% Hydrogen Peroxide.
    Cg2—30 to 66 centimeters (11.8 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and common (2.0) medium roots throughout and common (2.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl on 1 percent of the area measured in matrix; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01547; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. No reaction to 30% Hydrogen Peroxide.
    Cseg—66 to 149 centimeters (26.0 to 58.7 inches); dark gray (N 4/), sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; few very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter chert fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl measured at top of horizon; extremely acid, pH 3.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01548; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. No reaction to 30% Hydrogen Peroxide.
    2Aseb—149 to 195 centimeters (58.7 to 76.8 inches); 65 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 35 percent dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) clay loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; slightly fluid; few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; ultra acid, pH 3.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 14N01549; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. No reaction to 30% Hydrogen Peroxide.