IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pope
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999MD001001
  • User Pedon ID: 99MD001001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999MD001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0548
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12052
  • 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: 39.5219460
  • Std. Longitude: -78.5647202
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD001—Allegany
  • MLRA: 147—Northern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD001—Allegany County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39078-E5—Oldtown, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AP, JK, CER
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pope
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Fluventic Hapludolls
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/1999
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: fan piedmont
  • Landform: ravine
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/9/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 50
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ALOPE

    SOHA

    Alopecurus

    Sorghum halepense

    foxtail

    Johnsongrass

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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

    1

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    164

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    180

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03581. observation method: trace.
    Ap2—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 10 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine vesicular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03582. observation method: trace.
    AB—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03583. observation method: trace.
    Ab—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 3.0 medium vesicular and 3.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03584. observation method: trace.
    BAb—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 medium vesicular and 2.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03585. observation method: trace.
    Bwb1—97 to 142 centimeters (38.2 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 medium vesicular and 2.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03586. observation method: trace.
    Bwb2—142 to 188 centimeters (55.9 to 74.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; 13 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03587. observation method: trace.
    Ab1—188 to 206 centimeters (74.0 to 81.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03588. observation method: trace.
    206 to 244 centimeters (81.1 to 96.1 inches); fragments. layer recognized but not described or sampled.