IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Askecksy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2007DE005001
  • User Pedon ID: 2007DE005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0105
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63152
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 38.4983333
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1013889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Askecksy loamy sand, on a 2 percent slope in Sussex County, Delaware, about 1270 feet east and 500 feet north of the intersection of County Roads 364 and 364A, in a wooded area in Assawomen Bay State Wildlife Refiuge. USGS Assawoman topographic quadrangle; lat. 38 degrees 29 minutes 54 seconds north and long. 75 degrees 06 minutes 07 seconds west. Major Land Resource Rea 153D—Northern Tidewater.
  • Map Unit: AsA—Askecksy loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE005—Sussex
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: DE005—Sussex County, Delaware
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38075-D1—Assawoman Bay, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chuck Parker, Richard Hall, Jim Lazader
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Siliceous, mesic Typic Psammaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Askecksy
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Askecksy
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy eolian deposits and/or fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: swale, depression, drainageway, flat
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Omar Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/26/2006 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    aquic conditions

    0—188

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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

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    270

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); peat; fragments.
    Ap—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sand; weak medium granular, and weak coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.8 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 8.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; clear wavy boundary.
    Cg1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, organic stains; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; gradual wavy boundary.
    Cg2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 9.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary.
    Cg3—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and light gray (10YR 7/1) fine sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.8 fine roots; 2 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Cg4—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.8 fine roots; 1 percent medium prominent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent medium faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 15 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Cg5—79 to 135 centimeters (31.1 to 53.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 15 percent medium faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume subrounded mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. 0.25 inch thick stratified basands of black (N/2) mineral grains.
    Cg6—135 to 188 centimeters (53.1 to 74.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 15 percent medium faint light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8.