IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beltsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976MD029002
  • User Pedon ID: 76MD029002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4242
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40406
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: .2 miles west of intersection of Md. Rt. 443 and Md. Rt. 292
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD029—Kent
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD029—Kent County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Holzhey, E. White, D. Fanning, B. Shields, C. Ebby, and D. Hall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beltsville
  • PSC - 25 to 62 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/15/2013
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BELTSVILLE
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32337
    Bt1—25 to 39 centimeters (9.8 to 15.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32338
    Bt2—39 to 62 centimeters (15.4 to 24.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium distinct and 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable; clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32339
    Bx1—62 to 86 centimeters (24.4 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, firm; brittle; yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32340
    Bx2—86 to 115 centimeters (33.9 to 45.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, firm; brittle; 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; 10 percent black stains; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32341
    2Cx1—115 to 142 centimeters (45.3 to 55.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) loam; massive; very hard, very firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32342
    2Cx2—142 to 167 centimeters (55.9 to 65.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay loam; massive; very hard, very firm; 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 40A32343