IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Califon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983NJ019001
  • User Pedon ID: 83NJ019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0488
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54732
  • 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: 40.6616669
  • Std. Longitude: -74.9561081
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hunterdon County, NJ.; Union Township 750 feet N of Van Syckles road and 700 feet E of Henderson road.
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ019—Hunterdon
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Seymour Goodman and Chris Smith
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Califon
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Califon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02638. many fine and medium roots
    1BE—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02639. Clay content estimated at 20 percent,; common fine roots
    1Btg—43 to 74 centimeters (16.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium and coarse distinct and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium and coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02640. Many fine elliptical pores lined with thin 2 mm clay films. Sample No. 84P2641 is a satellite sample.; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots; many medium and coarse distinct 10YR52 mottles; many medium and coarse distinct 10YR72 mottles
    1Bx—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 55 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, black stains on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02642. Roots with vertical alignment appoximately 12 inches apart. Sample No. 84P2643 is a satellite sample.; many black stains surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    1C1—99 to 180 centimeters (39.0 to 70.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior gravelly loamy sand; massive; friable; 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, black stains; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02644. few black stains surface features
    1C3—119 to 130 centimeters (46.9 to 51.2 inches); 60 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) interior and 15 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior and 5 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior unknown texture; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 84P02646. Fourth moist color 20% brown 10YR 5/3.
    1C2—180 to 198 centimeters (70.9 to 78.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior gravelly loamy sand; massive; very friable; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02645