IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crosiadore
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984MD019004
  • User Pedon ID: S1984MD019004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55734
  • 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: 38.5250000
  • Std. Longitude: -75.9425000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.25 mi. S of Linkwood, 1/2 mi SW of Rt 50, 75 yards NW of Perry May Rd.
  • Map Unit: MtcA—Mattapex silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • 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-E8—East New Market, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crosiadore
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/23/2016
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mattapex
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty eolian deposits and/or loamy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    aquic conditions

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—30

    43—97

    61—160

    97—160

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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

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    5

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00093. many very fine roots; common fine and medium roots
    BE—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silt loam; 14 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent prominent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, soil test; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00094. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots; few fine roots; few fine and medium distinct 10YR56 mottles
    Bt—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silt loam; 20 percent clay; 1 percent 2.5Y 6/0 (2.5Y 6/0) fine distinct and 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky 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; 37 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent prominent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00095. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine and fine roots; common medium distinct 2.5Y62 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; few fine distinct 2.5Y60 mottles
    Btg—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior silt loam; 22 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium and coarse prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00096. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots; common medium and coarse prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    2BC—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 85P00097. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    2Cg1—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior fine sand; 3 percent clay; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00098
    2Cg2—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior sand; 3 percent clay; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P00098