LOCATION GALESTOWN MD+NJ VA
Established Series
SYD-RT/Rev. MDJ
11/2015
GALESTOWN SERIES
MLRA(s): 149A, 153C, 153D
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Somewhat excessively drained
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: High and very high
Permeability(obsolete): Rapid or very rapid
Landscape: Upland
Parent Material: Sandy eolian deposits and/or fluviomarine sediments
Slopes: 0 to 60 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 13 degrees C. (56 degrees F.).
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 1118 mm (44 inches)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Siliceous, mesic Psammentic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Galestown loamy sand, on a smooth 0 percent slope, in a cultivated field. (Colors are for moist soil.)
Ap--0 to 28 cm (0 to 11 inches), dark brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; nonsticky; nonplastic; many fine roots; many very fine and few fine irregular pores; moderately acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 12 inches thick)
Bt1--28 to 74 cm (11 to 29 inches), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; nonsticky; nonplastic; common fine roots; many very fine irregular pores; common clay bridging between sand grains; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt2--74 to 102 cm (29 to 40 inches), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; nonsticky, slightly plastic; common fine roots; many very fine, and few fine irregular random tubular pores; many prominent clay films on faces of peds and clay bridging between sand grains; strongly acid; clear irregular boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 13 to 45 inches.)
BC--102 to 130 cm (40 to 51 inches), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; massive; very friable; nonsticky; nonplastic; few very fine roots; many very fine irregular pores; few clay bridging between sand grains; very strongly acid; clear irregular boundary. (0 to 12 inches thick)
C1--130 cm to 147 cm (51 to 58 inches), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; single grain; loose; few very fine roots; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
C2--147 to 165 cm (58 to 65 inches), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; single grain; loose; few thin strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) lamellae; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Dorchester County, Maryland; about 1.5 miles northeast of Ennals, 1,000 feet northeast on Palmer Mill Road from junction of Palmer Mill Road and Harpers Road, 15 feet north of road into field; USGS Rhodesdale topographic quadrangle; latitude 38 degrees 37 minutes 02 seconds N. and longitude 75 degrees 49 minutes 42 seconds W.; NAD 83; Major Land Resource Area 153D
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum Thickness: 75 to 150 cm (30 to 60 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 183cm (72 inches)
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: Greater than 183cm (72 inches)
Rock Fragments: 0 to 20 percent in the A and B horizons and 0 to 30 percent in the C horizon, mostly quartz pebbles
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid, throughout the profile, unless limed
Other features: Undisturbed pedons in wooded areas may have a microsequence of an A, E, and Bh horizon (micro-podzol). Total thickness of the A, E, and Bh horizons is less than 13 cm (5 inches) and individual horizons are less than 5 cm (2 inches) thick.
Range in Individual Horizons:
Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 5, chroma of 1 to 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy sand or sand
A horizon (if it occurs, is generally less than 4 inches thick):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 2 to 4, chroma of 1 or 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy sand or sand
E horizons (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 or 7, chroma of 1 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy sand or sand
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy sand or sand
BC horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy sand or sand
C horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, and chroma of 2 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sand or loamy sand, with gravelly analogs. Below a depth of 60 inches the texture is variable and some pedons have thin strata of finer-textured material (lamellae).
COMPETING SERIES:
Cedartown soils--have a seasonal high water table at 100 to 180 cm (42 to 72 inches), on slightly lower-lying landforms
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain Upland,
Landform: Flat, knoll, fluviomarine terrace, , ancient dune
Geomorphic Component:
Hillslope Profile Position:
Parent Material: Sandy eolian and /or fluviomarine sediments
Slope: 0 to 60 percent
Elevation: 3 to 65 meters (10 to 213 feet)
Frost Free Period: 180 to 220 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 11 to 14 degrees C. (52 to 58 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1067 to 1219 mm (42 to 48 inches)
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Cedartown soils- has a sandy particle-size control section, a water table between 42 and 72 inches on slightly lower landforms
Downer soils--well drained and have a coarse-loamy particle-size control section, on similar landforms
Evesboro soils--excessively drained soils that do not have an argillic horizon, on similar landforms
Berryland soils--very poorly drained soils with a spodic horizon, on lower-lying landforms
Klej soils--somewhat poorly drained soils, on lower-lying positions
Sassafras soils--well drained soils with a fine-loamy particle-size control section, on higher lying landforms
Woodstown soils--moderately well drained soils with a fine-loamy particle-size control section, on higher lying positions
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Somewhat excessively drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Very deep (>150cm (60 inches)) and absent (not observed)
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity (Permeability obsolete): High and very high
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major uses: Woodland and cropland
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated-corn and soybeans with acreages of pasture or truck crops. The soil is frequently irrigated. Where wooded- hardwoods, mostly red maple, and upland oaks, shortleaf pine, Virginia pine, loblolly pine, yellow poplar.
Managed woodland vegetation: Loblolly pine
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Coastal Plain areas of Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey
Extent: Moderate
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Pasquotank County, North Carolina, 1951
REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and other diagnostic soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the surface of the soil to a depth of 28cm (Ap horizon)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 28 to 102cm (Bt1 and Bt2 horizons)
ADDITIONAL DATA:
Database Information: Representative Pedon Data Mapunit-458275
OSD User Pedon ID:07MD019003_Galestown
Series Interpretation Record(s): MD0048, MD0061 (GRAVELLY), MD0078 (STONY), MD0140 (CLAYEY SUBSTRATUM)
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
MD0048 GALESTOWN 0- 60 52- 58 190-210 42- 48 10- 120
MD0061 GALESTOWN 0- 60 - - - -
MD0078 GALESTOWN 0- 60 - - - -
MD0140 GALESTOWN 0- 10 - - - -
SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness
MD0048 NONE 6.0-6.0 - >60
MD0061 NONE 6.0-6.0 - >60
MD0078 NONE 6.0-6.0 - >60
MD0140 NONE 6.0-6.0 - >60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC-
MD0048 0-11 LS LFS 0- 0 75-100 4-10 2- 5
MD0048 0-11 S 0- 0 55-100 4- 7 2- 5
MD0048 0-11 SL 0- 0 75-100 5-10 5- 10
MD0048 11-40 LS S LFS 0- 0 95-100 4-10 1- 3
MD0048 40-65 S LS GR-S 0- 0 55-100 2- 6 1- 3
MD0061 0-40 GR-LS 0- 0 55- 75 4-10 -
MD0061 40-60 GR-S LS 0- 0 55- 85 2- 6 -
MD0078 0-10 ST-LS ST-S 2- 10 75-100 4-10 -
MD0078 10-40 LS S 0- 0 75-100 4-10 -
MD0078 40-60 LS S GR-S 0- 0 55- 95 2- 6 -
MD0140 0-23 LS 0- 0 95-100 4-10 -
MD0140 0-23 S 0- 0 95-100 2- 8 -
MD0140 23-40 LS 0- 0 95-100 4-10 -
MD0140 40-60 SC CL C 0- 0 95-100 30-50 -
MD0140 60-72 S LS 0- 0 95-100 4-10 -
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll
MD0048 0-11 3.6- 5.5 .5-2. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
MD0048 0-11 3.6- 5.5 .5-2. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
MD0048 0-11 3.6- 5.5 1.-3. - 2.0- 6.0 LOW
MD0048 11-40 3.6- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
MD0048 40-65 3.6- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
MD0061 0-40 3.6- 5.5 .5-2. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
MD0061 40-60 3.6- 5.5 - 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
MD0078 0-10 3.6- 5.5 .5-2. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
MD0078 10-40 3.6- 5.5 - 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
MD0078 40-60 3.6- 5.5 - 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
MD0140 0-23 3.6- 5.5 .5-2. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
MD0140 0-23 3.6- 5.5 .5-2. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
MD0140 23-40 3.6- 5.5 - 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
MD0140 40-60 3.6- 5.5 - 0- 0 0.06- 0.2 MODERATE
MD0140 60-72 3.6- 5.5 - 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.