IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Annemessex
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001MD039007
  • User Pedon ID: 01MD039007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0141
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13808
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 38.0500488
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6717987
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From Princess Anne, MD to Rt. 13 S to Rt 667 towards Rehobeth. Approximately 4000 feet south of Charles Barnes Rd on Rt. 667, right on gravel farm lane to field on left.
  • Map Unit: QuA—Quindocqua silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD039—Somerset
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD039—Somerset County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38075-A6—Kingston, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Alexander Hall and Susan Demas
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, semiactive, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Annemessex (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/27/2012
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Annemessex
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/2001
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    25—64

    25—191

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 96 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 4 percent white (10YR 8/1) loam; moderate coarse and very coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium tubular and 4.0 fine vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00464
    Ap2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); 90 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 7 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 3 percent white (10YR 8/1) loam; moderate coarse and very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 02N00465
    Bt1—25 to 32 centimeters (9.8 to 12.6 inches); 90 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 8 percent faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent fine irregular light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions throughout and 12 percent fine irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00466. 8 percent Ap material mixed probable due to worm casts in this horizon.
    Bt2—32 to 43 centimeters (12.6 to 16.9 inches); 40 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) loam; moderate coarse and very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 4.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 5 percent faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 25 percent medium irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 35 percent medium and coarse irregular gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00467
    Bt3—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; moderate coarse and very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine vesicular pores; 10 percent faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 20 percent medium and coarse irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 percent medium and coarse irregular gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00468
    Btg—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; 3 percent faint gray (10YR 6/1) clay films and 5 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay films; 2 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 8 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00469
    2CB—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots around fragments; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; 10 percent medium irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium irregular gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00470
    2C—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); 95 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) loamy sand; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; 5 percent coarse irregular light gray (2.5Y 7/1) iron depletions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 02N00471
    2Cg1—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); 85 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/1) and 15 percent white (2.5Y 8/1) sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00472
    2Cg2—119 to 135 centimeters (46.9 to 53.1 inches); 90 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/1) and 10 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) coarse sand; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00473
    2Cg3—135 to 163 centimeters (53.1 to 64.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) coarse sandy loam; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 3 percent fine irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent medium and coarse irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent coarse irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00474
    2C'1—163 to 173 centimeters (64.2 to 68.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) loamy coarse sand; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 3 percent fine irregular grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions throughout and 20 percent medium and coarse irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00475. Pockets of sandy loam material throughout horizon.
    2C'2—173 to 191 centimeters (68.1 to 75.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) stratified sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; 15 percent coarse irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 02N00476. Pockets of sandy loam material throughout horizon.