IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Piccowaxen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 149A-MD017-Piccowaxen TL
  • User Pedon ID: S2004MD017002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 149A-MD017-Piccowaxen TL
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0341
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18316
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 38.4523315
  • Std. Longitude: -77.2600250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Type location for proposed Piccowaxen series
  • Map Unit: KpA—Keyport silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes921A—Piccowaxen loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD017—Charles
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD017—Charles County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38077-E2—Indian Head, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Davis, E. Earles, D. Verdone, V. Cohen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Piccowaxen
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • PSC - 23 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Unconsolidated coastal plain sediments of the Chickamuxen Church Formation
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Geology: Maryland Point formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    FAGR

    ILEX

    LITU

    QUAL

    Fagus grandifolia

    Ilex

    Liriodendron tulipifera

    Quercus alba

    American beech

    holly

    tuliptree

    white oak

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    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

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 10.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine distinct dendritic dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01922; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 10.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine prominent dendritic yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01922; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BE—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent medium faint irregular iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01923; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); 65 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; 18 percent clay; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01924; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Btg1—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 25 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loam; 15 percent clay; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01925; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2B't2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 25 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silt loam; 23 percent clay; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01926; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2B'tg2—71 to 122 centimeters (28.0 to 48.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) clay loam; 28 percent clay; friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # 05N01927; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2B'tg3—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) loam; 25 percent clay; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 05N01928; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2BCg1—142 to 155 centimeters (55.9 to 61.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) sandy loam; 13 percent clay; moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 05N01929; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2BCg3—155 to 183 centimeters (61.0 to 72.0 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) sandy loam; 10 percent clay; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 05N01930; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket