IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fort Mott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985MD019003
  • User Pedon ID: 85MD019003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0108
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57913
  • 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: 38.5416679
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7777786
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 1 mi NW of Walnut Landing on Walnut Landing Rd.; 100 feet SW off Walnut Landing Rd.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD019—Dorchester

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Brewer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Arenic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fort Mott
  • PSC - 76 to 126 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Linchester
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, mesic Arenic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1985 (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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    1Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loamy sand; 5 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00677; moist when described;. Part of Ap in pit sec. to 35 cm deep; lower boundary of Ap has decomposed wood fragments.; many very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    1E—28 to 76 centimeters (11.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loamy sand; 5 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00678; moist when described;. Separated at 51 cm for sampling purposes.; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bt1—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 55 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00680; moist when described;. Micromorphology: In plain light, dominant fine and medium sand skeleton with brown colored plasma filling most intersticies. Under crossed polars, oriented clay evident primarily as papules and thin coatings on mineral grains.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine and fine roots
    1Bt2—104 to 142 centimeters (40.9 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior sandy loam; 14 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00681; moist when described;. Horizon has 15% thin (less than 2 cm thick) layers of loamy sand (10YR 6/6).; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine and fine roots
    1BC—142 to 175 centimeters (55.9 to 68.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior sand; 4 percent clay; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00682. Large bag sample-mixed, no clods sampled, small bag-lamellae. Horizon is 50% medium (3 cm) lamellae (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand and sandy loam texture.
    1C—175 to 183 centimeters (68.9 to 72.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior sand; 2 percent clay; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P00683. Horizon is 25% thin (2cm) lamellae (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand texture.