LOCATION MANOR                   MD+DE NC PA VA

Established Series
Rev. JDC/MJ
08/2013

MANOR SERIES

MLRA(s): 148 (Northern Piedmont)

Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Well drained
Landscape: Piedmont Plateau
Parent Material: Residuum weathered from micaceous schist
Slope: 0 to 65 percent slopes
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Moderately high to very high
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 12 degrees C. (54 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 1016 mm (40 inches)

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, micaceous, mesic Typic Dystrudepts

TYPICAL PEDON: Manor loam in a wooded area. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise indicated.)

A1--0 to 5 cm (0 to 2 inch), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; strong fine granular structure; very friable; many fine and common medium roots; many fine and medium vesicular and tubular pores; common fine mica flakes; 10 percent angular schist channers; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.

A2--5 to 15 cm (2 to 6 inches), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium sub-angular blocky structure and strong fine granular structure; very friable; many very fine, fine and many medium roots; many fine and medium vesicular and tubular pores, common coarse tubular pores; common fine mica flakes; 2 percent angular schist channers; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (2.5 to 25 cm [1 to 10 inches] thick)

Bw1--15 to 33 cm (6 to 13 inches), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) mottles; moderate medium sub-angular blocky structure; friable; many fine and common medium roots; many fine vesicular and tubular pores, common medium tubular pores; few distinct patchy dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) organic coats on faces of peds and in pores; many fine and few medium mica flakes; 10 percent angular schist channers; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.

Bw2--33 to 56 cm (13 to 22 inches), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; weak medium sub- angular blocky structure; friable; many fine and common medium roots; many fine vesicular and tubular pores; many fine and few medium mica flakes; 10 percent angular schist channers; very strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (25 to 64 cm [10 to 25 inches] thick)

C1--56 to 76 cm (22 to 30 inches), variegated dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure inherited from bedding planes; very friable; many very fine and fine roots; many very fine and fine vesicular pores; many fine and medium mica flakes; 10 percent angular schist channers; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.

C2--76 to 112 cm (30 to 44 inches), variegated olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), pink (7.5YR 7/4) very channery sand; massive; very friable; many very fine and fine vesicular pores; many fine and medium mica flakes; 15 percent channers and 45 percent para-channers; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.

C3--112 to 135 cm (44 to 53 inches), variegated olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), yellowish red (5YR 5/8) channery loamy sand; moderate medium platy structure inherited from bedding planes; very friable; many very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; many fine and medium mica flakes; 15 percent channers; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.

C4--135 to 183 cm (53 to 72 inches), variegated olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) channery loamy sand; weak thin platy structure inherited from bedding planes; very friable; many fine and medium mica flakes; 15 percent channers; very strongly acid.

TYPE LOCATION: Howard County, Maryland; in a wooded area of the Triadelphia Watershed off of Green Bridge Road, near the Pig Tail Boat Launch, Triadelphia Mill Road, in a wooded area in Karinwood. Sandy Spring, Maryland topographic quadrangle; Latitude 39 degrees, 12 minutes, 36 seconds N. Longitude 77 degrees 0 minutes 13 seconds W; NAD 83.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the top of the Cambic horizon: up to 25 cm (10 inches)
Depth to the base of the Cambic horizon: 75 cm (30 inches)
Solum Thickness: 25 to 76 cm (10 to 30 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 183 cm (72 inches)
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: Greater than 183 cm (72 inches), November to May
Rock Fragment content: 0 to 30 percent, by volume, in the solum, 0 to 95 percent in the substratum. Fragments are mostly hard quartzite or flat schist. Stones occupy 0 to 3 percent of the surface in some pedons.
Soil Reaction: strongly acid to very strongly acid, except where limed
Content of Mica: Common to many

Range of Individual Horizons:
A or Ap horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 to 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)loam, silt loam, sandy loam or fine sandy loam

E horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)loam, silt loam, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam

Bw horizon:
Color--hue of 2.5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loam, silt loam or sandy loam

C horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, and chroma of 2 to 8 and commonly is variegated as a result of relict rock structure
Texture (fine-earth fraction) loam, sandy loam, loamy sand, fine sandy loam or sand

COMPETING SERIES:
Chandler soils are somewhat excessively drained, do not have hues redder than 7.5YR in the subsoil and substratum, and are found on higher elevations in the Southern Blue Ridge region.
Micaville soils are deep, somewhat excessively drained, have a paralithic contact at depths of 40 to 60 inches and are found on higher elevations in the Southern Blue Ridge region. Other soils in closely related families are Brownwood, Cashiers, Fannin, Mt. Airy, and Watauga soils. Chandler soils do not have a paralithic contact within 60 inches of the surface. Brownwood soils have a paralithic contact at depths of 20 to 40 inches below the surface. Cashiers soils have an A horizon with value of 3 that is 7 to 10 inches thick and are very deep to bedrock. Fannin and Watauga soils have argillic horizons. Mt. Airy soils have more than 35 percent rock fragments in the 10 to 40 inch particle-size control section

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Piedmont Plateau
Landform: Uplands
Hillslope Profile Position: Summit, shoulder, and backslopes
Geomorphic Component: Hills
Parent Material: Residuum weathered from micaceous schist
Slope: 0 to 65 percent
Elevation: 30 to 305 meters (100 to 1000 feet)
Frost-free period: 150 to 220 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 9 to 14 degrees C. (48 to 58 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 889 to 1270 mm (35 to 50 inches)

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Baile --are very deep and poorly drained
Bannertown soil--are moderately deep
Blocktown soils--are moderately deep, and have an Argillic horizon
Brinklow soils--are moderately deep, and have an Argillic horizon less than 25 cm (10 inches) thick
Chester soils--have an argillic horizon
Elioak soils--have an argillic horizon
Gaila soils--are very deep, and have an Argillic horizon less than 25 cm (10 inches) thick
Gladstone soils--have an Argillic horizon
Glenelg soils--have an argillic horizon
Glenville soils--have a fragipan, and are moderately well drained
Mt. Airy soils--are moderately deep and have an argillic horizon

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class (Agricultural): Well drained to somewhat excessively drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Very deep (greater than 150 cm), and absent (not observed)
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible to high
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Moderately high to very high
Shrink-swell Potential: Low to moderate

USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Cropland, woodland, and urban development
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--corn, soybeans, small grain, pasture and hay.
Where wooded--black oak, chestnut oak, red oak, white oak, hickory, yellow popular,
red maple, shortleaf pine and Virginia pine.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and Virginia
Extent: Large

MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1900.

REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 25 cm (0 to 10 inches) (A1, A2 and Bw horizons)
Cambic horizon--the zone from 25 to 50 cm (10 to 20 inches) (Bw1 and Bw2 horizon)
Series control section--the zone from 0 to 150 cm (0 to 60 inches)

ADDITIONAL DATA: S00MD027-39, S00MD027-40
Previous revisions: 03/1999-WDC; 05/2003-AP, JK; 09/2006-DRPV; Rev. JDC/MJ
08/2007 updates profile, competing series, and ranges in characteristics.
OSD Data Map Unit ID: To be developed
Typical Pedon Data Mapunit ID: To be developed
OSD User Pedon ID: Manor-OSD

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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.