IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fallsington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013MD011001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013MD011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0300
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79425
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 39.0684194
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7982750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - PDOP: 2
  • Location Description: West-southwest of the town of Henderson and 3,591 feet southwest of the intersection of Bee Tree Road and Steele Road in a cultivated field on Hignut Farm. Goldsboro 7.5' USGS quadrangle.
  • Map Unit: FadA—Fallsington sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Northern Tidewater Area
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD011—Caroline
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD011—Caroline County, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Susan Demas and Rob Tunstead
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fallsington
  • PSC - 27 to 77 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2015
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fallsington
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Endoaquults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 27 to 77 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/2013
  • Classifier - Demas / Tunstead
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for very brief periods begining in jan
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 13
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    0—27

    0—189

    27—98

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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

    —

    —

    16.8

    —

    270

    1141

    —

    211

    12.5

    23.2

    1.5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    MD5985

    MILLINGTON

    WETS
    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 1 percent very fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; 1 percent by volume angular 2-4-5 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01550; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—10 to 27 centimeters (3.9 to 10.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak very coarse angular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 12 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-4-5 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01551; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg—27 to 54 centimeters (10.6 to 21.3 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loam; 19 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; many very fine low-continuity vesicular and many fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 25 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 30 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01552; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1351400; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1351400
    BCtg—54 to 76 centimeters (21.3 to 29.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; few very fine low-continuity vesicular and few fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 15 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 8 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01553; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1351401; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1351401
    CBtg—76 to 98 centimeters (29.9 to 38.6 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) stratified stratified sandy loam; 15 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout; few very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 10 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 3 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-4-5 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01554; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1351399; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1351399
    Cg—98 to 163 centimeters (38.6 to 64.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01555; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C—163 to 189 centimeters (64.2 to 74.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 14N01556; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket