IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galestown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986MD019013
  • User Pedon ID: 86MD019013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0122
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59418
  • 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: 38.5744438
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7983322
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Brookview, 1000 feet SW of intersection of Rt 14 and Indiantown Rd, 300 feet NE of Church, 30 feet NW of Rt 14.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD019—Dorchester

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Brewer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Siliceous, mesic Psammentic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Galestown
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galestown
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, siliceous, mesic Psammentic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    5

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    8

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    1Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00708
    1E—28 to 86 centimeters (11.0 to 33.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior sand; single grain; loose; fragments.
    1Bt—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky; fragments. Clay bridging between sand grains and clay coatings on sand grains.
    1C—117 to 165 centimeters (46.1 to 65.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior sand; single grain; loose; fragments.