IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Christiana
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986MD510009
  • User Pedon ID: 86MD510009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0191
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59487
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 39.2533067
  • Std. Longitude: -76.6275918
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Cherryhill apt. above lrf of slope and apt.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD510—Baltimore City
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Christiana
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, kaolinitic Typic Paleudults
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1986 (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
    • 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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    1A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0) interior loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt boundary.
    1E—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt boundary.
    1Bt1—28 to 69 centimeters (11.0 to 27.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 87P00986
    1Bt2—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 87P00987
    1Bt2—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 87P00987
    1Bt3—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 87P00988
    1C—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog.