IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Andover

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2016MD023001

User Pedon ID: S2016MD023001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 17N0046

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87705

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: 39.5701667

Std. Longitude: -79.2536111

Datum: WGS84

Map Unit: Sw—Swamp

Country: US—United States

State: Maryland

County: MD023—Garrett

MLRA: 127—Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mountains

Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MOR—Morgantown, West Virginia

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD023—Garrett County, Maryland

PEDON

Describers Name: BM, DRPV, CR, BW, LD

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Fragiaquults

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Andover

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

Taxon Kind - taxadjunct

PSC - 33 to 65 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/16/2016

Classifier - Ben Marshall

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: yes

SITE

Landscape: valley

Landform: bog

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/25/2016 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: B. Marshall, D. Verdone, C. Robinette, B. Walker, L. Dosmann

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - swamp

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
umbric epipedon reduced matrix argillic horizon densic materials	17—33 33—200 33—65 65—125	—- —- —- —-

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
0.5	—	—	790	—	255	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oe—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); fragments, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00248

A—17 to 24 centimeters (6.7 to 9.4 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) mucky silt loam; 13 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; many (15.0) very fine roots throughout and many (20.0) medium roots throughout; ; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00249; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Eg—24 to 33 centimeters (9.4 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; many (10.0) very fine roots throughout and many (10.0) medium roots throughout; 7 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00250; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Btg1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); 55 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; common (4.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 7 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00251; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Btg2—51 to 65 centimeters (20.1 to 25.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and common (2.0) fine roots throughout; 4 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00252; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cg1—65 to 125 centimeters (25.6 to 49.2 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; stony clay loam; 38 percent clay; massive; extremely firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and common (1.0) fine roots throughout; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-15-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-400-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00253; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small

Cg2—125 to 200 centimeters (49.2 to 78.7 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; clay loam; 42 percent clay; massive; extremely firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-15-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 17N00254; slightly dry when described; observed in auger, bucket