IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Downer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966MD003003
  • User Pedon ID: S1966MD003003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1180
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34789
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 170 feet east of east Md. Rt. 3, 50 feet of driveway to Russell Turner farmstead, about 1/4 mile North of south to John Hopkins homestead
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD003—Anne Arundel
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD003—Anne Arundel County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. S. Fanning and R. M. Kirby
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Downer
  • PSC - 17 to 27 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/2014
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - DOWNER
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat, knoll, fluviomarine terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DCQ 5-150
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    43—69

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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
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08965; dry when described;
    E—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A08966; moist when described;
    A/B—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); 50 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08967; moist when described;
    Bt—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08968; moist when described;
    B—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08969; moist when described;
    C1—91 to 157 centimeters (35.8 to 61.8 inches); sand; fragments. Lab sample # 40A08972; moist when described;
    C1—91 to 157 centimeters (35.8 to 61.8 inches); loamy sand; fragments. Lab sample # 40A08971; moist when described;
    C1—91 to 157 centimeters (35.8 to 61.8 inches); sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08970; moist when described;
    C2—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A08973; moist when described;
    C3—183 to 224 centimeters (72.0 to 88.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A08974; moist when described;
    C4—224 to 251 centimeters (88.2 to 98.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A08975; moist when described;