IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Russett
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013MD027003
  • User Pedon ID: S2013MD027003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N9291
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51966
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 39.2278333
  • Std. Longitude: -76.7479722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In a forested area about 1.7 miles west of I-95, 0.95 miles south of the Patapsco River, 1.2 miles north of Montgomery road, and 1251 feet north west of the end of Belmont Woods road, west of the Belmont Conference Center in Patapsco Valley State Park, Howard County, Maryland.
  • Map Unit: LaC—Legore silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD027—Howard
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD027—Howard County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39076-B6—Relay, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MCR, RBT, CER
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Oxyaquic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Russett
  • PSC - 31 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/2014
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Russett
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Oxyaquic Paleudults
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 31 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/8/2013
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy marine deposits over clayey marine deposits over residuum weathered from gneiss
  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: upland hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately high
  • Ksat Class Lower: moderately low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: strongly coherent gneiss at 250cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/5/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: MCR, RBT, CER
  • 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
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 11
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—31

    31—175

    76—175

    175—250

    —31—

    —144—

    —99—

    —75—
    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

    12

    —

    —

    106

    —

    221

    1119

    —

    177

    13

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 4 percent by volume nonflat well rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-13-75 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Ironstone fragments cemented with gravels.
    Ap—5 to 17 centimeters (2.0 to 6.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (7.0) very coarse roots throughout and many (7.0) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout and common (3.0) coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat well rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-13-75 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Ironstone fragments cemented with gravels.
    BA—17 to 31 centimeters (6.7 to 12.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) very coarse roots throughout and common (3.0) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) coarse roots throughout; 6 percent by volume nonflat well rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-13-75 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Ironstone fragments cemented with gravels.
    Bt1—31 to 54 centimeters (12.2 to 21.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (3.0) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) coarse roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/), moist, manganese masses throughout; 4 percent by volume nonflat well rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-13-75 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Ironstone fragments cemented with gravels.
    Bt2—54 to 76 centimeters (21.3 to 29.9 inches); variegated 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 25 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) and 5 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (3.0) medium roots throughout and few (0.9) coarse roots throughout; 3 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat well rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-13-75 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bt3—76 to 110 centimeters (29.9 to 43.3 inches); variegated 62 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 15 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.9) medium roots throughout; 3 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/), moist, manganese masses throughout and 5 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bt4—110 to 175 centimeters (43.3 to 68.9 inches); variegated 45 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 20 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.9) medium roots throughout; 35 percent coarse prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, iron depletions on faces of peds; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3BC1—175 to 200 centimeters (68.9 to 78.7 inches); variegated 55 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 30 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (0.9) fine roots throughout; fragments.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    3BC2—200 to 250 centimeters (78.7 to 98.4 inches); variegated 60 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket