IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Downer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MD047001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MD047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0350
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49194
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: A water table study site 325 yards N of Rt 113 and 12 yards on W side of blades Rd.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD047—Worcester
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD047—Worcester County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D.S Fanning and R.F. Korcak
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Downer
  • PSC - 33 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/19/2015
  • Classifier - SusanDemas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sassafras
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1974
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1974 (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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    12

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Pine needle cover with a few twigs.
    Ap—0 to 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loamy sand; massive; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01831. Smooth to irregular boundary due to small worm or root channels.
    BE—21 to 36 centimeters (8.3 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01832. 40% Ap material in upper portion and 10% Ap material in lower portion.
    Bt—36 to 72 centimeters (14.2 to 28.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01833. Approximately 2% Ap material in old root channels.
    BC—72 to 92 centimeters (28.3 to 36.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01834
    C—92 to 117 centimeters (36.2 to 46.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 81P01835. Few faint lower and higher chroma mottles.