IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beltsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MD510008
  • User Pedon ID: 88MD510008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0389
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60507
  • 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: 39.3419456
  • Std. Longitude: -76.6011124
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 90 feet SW of the corner of Springfield and Adrian Streets in a vacant lot in the Waverly District.
  • 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

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beltsville
  • PSC - 51 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/15/2013
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beltsville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudults
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1988 (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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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. 1 percent rounded quartzite pebbles.; many fine roots
    BE—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P1993. common fine roots
    Bt—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P1994. few fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR58 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR62 mottles
    BCx—71 to 114 centimeters (28.0 to 44.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P1995. 1 percent fine rounded quartzite pebbles. Thin lenses of sandy loam.
    C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. 10 percent fine rounded quartzite pebbles.