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several springs. Although most of the farm is well drained, one 
abandoned pasture is vernally inundated until May or June. 
Muddy Creek becomes tidal near the junction of its forks and 
apparently grows increasingly saline toward its estuary, as reflected 
by a gradient in the vegetation. Salt marshes line much of the coast 
of Java Farm. One marsh at the mouth of Fox Creek drainage (near the 
head of Fox Creek estuary) changes abruptly from freshwater to salt. 
In contrast to Java Farm, Ivy Neck is virtually level and poorly 
drained. Three small streams drain the northern part, but on the 
peninsulas much of the soil is vernally saturated and the many small 
coves are closed by salt marshes. Severe erosion occurs along the 
coast, especially at the confluence of Rhode and West Rivers. 
The soils of the Chesapeake Bay Center range in texture from loamy 
sand to silt loam. Fine sandy loams predominate at Java Farm, silt loams 
at Ivy Neck. This distribution of soil types reinforces the differences 
in drainage. The soil maps (Figures 2 and 3) illustrate the distribution 
of 15 soil types, according to a soil survey of Anne Arundel County now 
being conducted by the U. S. Soil Conservation Service. Detailed des- 
criptions of the compositions of these types will not become available 
until the soil survey is published in 1969. However, three of the 
types were described in an earlier soil survey (Phillips, Perkins, and 
Winant, 1928). Brief descriptions of these three soil types are given 
below: 
lv Collington Fine Sandy Loam: Brown surface loam and 
underlying glauconite, both with a high iron content, friable 
but sticky. Substratum of fine sand, silt, and clay. Drainage 
