IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Manor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999MD005004
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MD005004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999MD005004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0096
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11604
  • 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: 39.4850028
  • Std. Longitude: -76.6881056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD005—Baltimore
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD005—Baltimore County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JK, CBR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, micaceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Manor
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/25/2013
  • Classifier - A. Friend
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Manor
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    LITU

    QURU

    QUVE

    Liriodendron tulipifera

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus velutina

    tuliptree

    northern red oak

    black oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—38

    22—79

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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

    16

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    135

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 00P00599. leaf & twig; 1/4' discontinuous Oi.
    Ap—2 to 15 centimeters (0.8 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; 10 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00600. c vf mica.
    EA—15 to 22 centimeters (5.9 to 8.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; 12 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00601. c f mica.
    BE—22 to 40 centimeters (8.7 to 15.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) loam; 14 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 8 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00602. f f mica.
    Bw1—40 to 58 centimeters (15.7 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 14 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00603. c.f clay films on peds and in pores, c. vf mica.
    Bw2—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly sandy clay loam; 13 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 0.5 fine vesicular pores; 14 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method and 15 percent by volume flat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, mica fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00604. few fine clay films, c vf mica; rock frag.: 2% quartzite and schist para ch.
    BC—81 to 116 centimeters (31.9 to 45.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) parachannery sandy loam; 4 percent clay; weak thick platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume flat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, mica fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00605. ff clay bridge on plate faces, mm mica; rock frag.: 5% para cn.
    CB—116 to 159 centimeters (45.7 to 62.6 inches); 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 60 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy coarse sand; 17 percent clay; moderate thick platy structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 13 percent by volume flat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, mica fragments observed by weighed method; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00606. vm & c mica; m2pn2/ Mn stain; consistence (moist): vfr; rock frag.: 14% para cn.
    C—159 to 202 centimeters (62.6 to 79.5 inches); 75 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 25 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) parachannery coarse sand; moderate thick platy structure; friable; 26 percent by volume flat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, mica fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # 00P00607. vm m&co mica; para cn; 33% para cn.