IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Great Piece
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: NJ013-Great Piece-003
  • User Pedon ID: 2000NJ013003
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0329
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13294
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.8938904
  • Std. Longitude: -74.2966690
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Essex County, New Jersey; town of Fairfield, in Great Piece Meadows; 300 feet west of the western end of Marginal Road and 300 feet north of Route 80. (Longitude minutes of 07 recorded on description changed to 17)
  • Map Unit: GrpA—Great Piece loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40074-H3—Pompton Plains, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: EM, RKS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Great Piece (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Great Piece
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy outwash derived from granitic gneiss, sandstone and basalt
  • Landscape: delta plain
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for long periods
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Bedrock: basalt
  • Geology: Glacial Lake Passaic formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/5/1999 (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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, densic

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    160 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    fibric soil materials

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—7

    0—3

    7—20

    10—20

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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

    1

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    109

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    150

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 01N02021; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; moderate permeability; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02022; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately slow permeability; 15.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 5 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent medium faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02023; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 1091777; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091778; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091777; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091778
    Btg2—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout; 5 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 5 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02024; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 1091779; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091780; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091779; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091780
    Bg—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 10 percent coarse prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses throughout and 15 percent coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02025; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—74 to 79 centimeters (29.1 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 15 percent medium distinct greenish gray (10Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02026; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 1 percent medium prominent greenish gray (5G 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout and 25 percent coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02027; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 15 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02028; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg3—137 to 168 centimeters (53.9 to 66.1 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silt loam; friable; moderate permeability; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red. Lab sample # 01N02029; moist when described; observed in pit, small