IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenwich
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2007DE005002
  • User Pedon ID: 2007DE005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0098
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63145
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 38.7328722
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1650000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sussex County, Delaware; about 1800 feet southeast and 2000 feet southwest of the intersection of County Roads 275 and 277, 1.0 mile south of Belltown; USGS Fairmount, DE topographic quadrangle; lat. 38 degrees 43 minutes 58.34 seconds north and long. 75 degrees 9 mintues 58.34 seconds west; NAD 83.
  • Map Unit: GrA—Greenwich loam, 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-F2—Fairmount, Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chuck Parker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenwich
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenwich
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits over fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: terrace, flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Ironshire Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/2006 (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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—74

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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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    270

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak medium granular, and weak coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 0.8 very fine vesicular and 0.8 fine vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 5-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 4.0 fine tubular and 4.0 coarse tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. few coats of A material in worm and root channels;
    Bt2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots; 0.8 fine tubular and 4.0 coarse tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains and 50 percent faint clay films on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 5-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. few coats of A material in worm and root channels;
    2Bt3—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 0.8 medium tubular and 0.8 fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 5-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. few coats of A material in worm and root channels; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 340371; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 340371
    2Bt4—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 0.8 medium tubular and 0.8 fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 5-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary.
    2CB—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 fine roots; ; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments; 5 percent lamellae (volume percent); strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary.
    2C1—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy coarse sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 fine vesicular pores; 6 percent by volume subrounded mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5; clear smooth boundary.
    2C2—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; 5 percent lamellae (volume percent); very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary.
    2C3—140 to 190 centimeters (55.1 to 74.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 5-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments and 12 percent by volume subrounded mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary.
    2C4—190 to 215 centimeters (74.8 to 84.6 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments and 5 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 5-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; gradual smooth boundary.
    2C5—215 to 265 centimeters (84.6 to 104.3 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) sand; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments; gradual smooth boundary.
    2C6—265 to 320 centimeters (104.3 to 126.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments.