IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Downer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983MD019003
  • User Pedon ID: S1983MD019003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53704
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 38.5205574
  • Std. Longitude: -75.8099976
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.25 mi. SE of Reids Grove and .5 mi. NE of the junction of Reid Rd. and Indiantown Rd. behind farmhouse.
  • Map Unit: IgA—Ingleside sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD019—Dorchester
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD019—Dorchester County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38075-E7—Rhodesdale, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Brewer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Downer
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2014
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Downer
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • 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: coastal plain
  • Landform: rise
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    38—109

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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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    16

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    Ap1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior sandy loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P00053. common very fine roots; few fine roots
    Ap2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior sandy loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular, and weak fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P00054. few very fine and fine roots
    Bt1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00055. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features between sand grains; common very fine roots
    Bt2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00056. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    Bt3—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 37 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains and 37 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P00057. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots
    C1—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior loamy sand; 5 percent clay; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 84P00058. Brocken boundary because mottled silt loam is at 53 on southside of pit.=; few very fine roots
    C2—142 to 167 centimeters (55.9 to 65.7 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior sand; 3 percent clay; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P00059