IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Honga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986MD019008
  • User Pedon ID: S1986MD019008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0117
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59413
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 38.2516670
  • Std. Longitude: -76.1741638
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: .75 mi SE of Hoopersville, on Middle Hooper Island 500 feet SSW of old dirt land, 30 feet W of main ditch in marsh.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD019—Dorchester

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Brewer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Sulfihemists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Honga (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2016
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Honga
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Sulfihemist
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • 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

    fibric soil materials

    aquic conditions

    sulfidic materials

    hemic soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    0—165

    0—165

    18—33

    33—56

    91—165

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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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    Oise—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior peat; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00692. 85 percent fibers, 75 percent rubbed, 20 percent mineral soil material.
    Oese—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior mucky peat; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00693. Hemic soil material; 60 percent fibers, 40 percent rubbed, 10 percent mineral soil material.
    Oase—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior muck; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00694. Sapric soil material; 30 percent fibers, 10 percent rubbed, 70 percent mineral soil material.
    Aseg—56 to 61 centimeters (22.0 to 24.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior silt loam; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00695. n value .7 to 1.0.
    Ese—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior silt loam; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00696. n value .7 to 1.0.
    Btseg1—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent olive (5Y 5/3) medium faint mottles; massive; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00697. n value less than .7.; common medium faint 5Y53 mottles
    Btseg2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00698. n value less than .7.; common medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR64 mottles