IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Matapeake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985MD019002
  • User Pedon ID: 85MD019002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0107
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57912
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 38.4833336
  • Std. Longitude: -75.9027786
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 mi S of Salem, MD; 4000 feet E of Ravenwood Rd, 2500 feet S of New Bridge, Russell Baker Jr. Farm.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD019—Dorchester

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Brewer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Matapeake
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Matapeake
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    ochric epipedon

    0—0

    0—0

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    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

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    1Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; 12 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 1.0 fine and medium interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00670. many very fine roots; common fine roots
    1Ap2—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00671. many very fine roots; common fine roots
    1Bt1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00672. Worm casts with (10YR 4/5) color from Ap.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bt2—43 to 81 centimeters (16.9 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 55 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00673. Worm casts with (10YR 4/5) color from Ap. Micromorphology: Clay segregation evident even in plain light. Oriented clay occurs as papules and continuous and discontinuous argillans in channel pores.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bt3—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00674. many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots
    2BC—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; 12 percent clay; 11 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00675. Not water may be moisture film.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots; common medium faint 10YR64 mottles
    2C1—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior loamy sand; 7 percent clay; 11 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium faint and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 37 percent faint , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00676; very moist when described;. common clay films surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots; common medium faint 10YR64 mottles; common medium distinct 7.5YR58 mottles
    2C2—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior sand; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog.; wet when described;