IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boonton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: NJ013-Boonton-001-2
  • User Pedon ID: 2000NJ013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: NJ013-Boonton-001-2
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0327
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13292
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.7547874
  • Std. Longitude: -74.2882462
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: South Mountain Reservation, Essex County; in wooded area approximately 850 feet northeast of intersection of Cherry La and South Orange Ave.
  • Map Unit: BogDc—Boonton loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ013—Essex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ013—Essex County, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: EM, RKS, FCS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Boonton
  • PSC - 43 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boonton
  • Classificaton Date - 12/4/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy basal till derived from basalt
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: basalt
  • Geology: Ground Moraine formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 4.00 percent nonflat subangular 251- to 600-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/4/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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 - sunny
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion sheet
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FAGR

    QUAL

    QUPR2

    QURU

    Fagus grandifolia

    Quercus alba

    Quercus prinus

    Quercus rubra

    American beech

    white oak

    chestnut oak

    northern red oak

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    moderately coherent

    79 - 119

    25 - 40 - 76
    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fibric soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    fragic soil properties

    redox concentrations

    0—3

    3—8

    8—20

    43—183

    76—119

    76—119

    76—119

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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

    17

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    114

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    290

    109

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    150

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02000; moist when described;
    Oa—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) highly decomposed plant material; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02001; moist when described;
    A—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; moderate fine granular parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02002; moist when described;
    BA—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 21-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02003; moist when described;
    BE—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 21-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02004; moist when described;
    Bt—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 55 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 21-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02005; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 1091731; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091731
    Btx1—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak thick platy structure; firm; brittle; 30 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 30 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 21-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02006; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 1091732; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091732
    Btx2—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak thick platy structure; firm; brittle; 30 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 40 percent medium prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 21-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02007; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 1091729; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091729
    CBt1—119 to 147 centimeters (46.9 to 57.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loamy sand; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 9 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 21-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02008; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 1091730; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091730
    CBt2—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loamy sand; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 21-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # 01N02009; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 1091733; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091733