IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lindside
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2020MD031031
  • User Pedon ID: S2020MD031031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 20N0357
  • User Project ID: 20-21fre
  • Project Name: MLRA 148 - Potomac River Legacy Sediments and Phosphorus Project
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • 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: 39.0364639
  • Std. Longitude: -77.2522278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In a wooded area, about 2.3 miles southeast of Travilah, 0.3 mile south of River Road, near the Potomac River, on the Maryland side, in Montgomery County, Maryland
  • Map Unit: 47A—Lindside silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD031—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD031—Montgomery County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39077-A3—Seneca, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ben J. Marshall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Fluvaquentic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from metasedimentary rock
  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: metasedimentary rock, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/13/2020 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Ben Marshall
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    argillic horizon

    0—12

    48—96

    70—155

    96—155

    155—200

    —12—

    —48—

    —85—

    —59—

    —45—
    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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    —

    51

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    4

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    A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 14 percent clay; strong medium granular structure; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH indicator solutions.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    BA—12 to 48 centimeters (4.7 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bw1—48 to 70 centimeters (18.9 to 27.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bw2—70 to 96 centimeters (27.6 to 37.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 19 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH indicator solutions.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    BC—96 to 126 centimeters (37.8 to 49.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions on surfaces along root channels; fragments.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C—126 to 155 centimeters (49.6 to 61.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; 18 percent clay; massive; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    B't—155 to 200 centimeters (61.0 to 78.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket