IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Christiana
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969MD005001
  • User Pedon ID: 69MD005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5312
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42559
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 39.3441172
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4704977
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Maryland brick yard; Rt. 7, approximately 2 miles east of Rosedale
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD005—Baltimore
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD005—Baltimore County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Christiana
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/15/2013
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHRISTIANA
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    3

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    30

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    0

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    ^C—0 to 53 centimeters (0.0 to 20.9 inches); loam; friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A39962
    Bt1—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; strong medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39963
    Bt2—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) silty clay; strong coarse prismatic, and medium subangular blocky, and medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; red (10R 5/6) clay films; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39964
    Bt3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong medium and coarse angular blocky, and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very firm, moderately sticky; reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) clay films; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39965
    B1—152 to 168 centimeters (59.8 to 66.1 inches); red (10R 4/6) and yellow (2.5Y 7/6) and weak red (10R 4/2) silty clay; moderate very coarse angular blocky, and moderate subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; weak red (10R 4/4) clay films; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39966
    B2—168 to 198 centimeters (66.1 to 78.0 inches); reddish gray (10R 6/1) and red (10R 4/6) silty clay loam; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8) mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate angular blocky, and moderate subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; weak red (10R 4/4) clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 40A39967
    B3—198 to 213 centimeters (78.0 to 83.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; massive; very friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A39968
    B4—213 to 259 centimeters (83.9 to 102.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and yellow (10YR 7/8) and light gray (5Y 7/1) silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate angular blocky, and moderate subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A39969