IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elkton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984MD019006
  • User Pedon ID: 84MD019006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55736
  • 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: 38.3916664
  • Std. Longitude: -76.1916656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 800 feet across road from S Dor. Eme. School; 600 feet S of house lane; 1.25 mi S of Riggins corner on Rt. 335.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD019—Dorchester

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Ochraquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elkton
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elkton
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Ochraquult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
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    1Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam; 18 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00105; dry when described;. many very fine roots; few fine roots; few fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    1Btg1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); gray (5YR 5/1) interior silty clay; 40 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; strong medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00106; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few to common very fine and fine roots; common medium prominent 10YR58 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 217950; patchy - phpvsfiid 217950
    1Btg2—41 to 79 centimeters (16.1 to 31.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior silty clay; 42 percent clay; 11 percent gray (5YR 5/1) medium distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00107; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few to common very fine and fine roots; common medium distinct 5YR51 mottles; common medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 217951; patchy - phpvsfiid 217951
    2BC—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine and medium prominent and 30 percent gray (5Y 5/1) coarse faint mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00108; very moist when described;. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; many coarse faint 5Y51 mottles; common fine and medium prominent 10YR58 mottles
    3Cg—107 to 117 centimeters (42.1 to 46.1 inches); unknown texture; fragments. Stopped by water table in pit; auger revealed fsl and vfsl to 70 and blue marmc clay at 70.