IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenwich
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990DE005001
  • User Pedon ID: 90DE005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0733
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62666
  • 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: 38.8375015
  • Std. Longitude: -75.2761078
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Primehook National Wildlife Refuge, about 12,100 feet due E of the junction of State Route 1 and County Road 198, about 2 miles NE of Milton, Delaware.
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE005—Sussex
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chuck Parker and James Luzader.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenwich
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 43 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • 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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    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 90P04314
    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P04314. few coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    E—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 medium vesicular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04315. common very fine and fine roots
    Bt1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P04316. few very fine roots; common fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 225496; continuous - phpvsfiid 225496
    2Bt2—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 9 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04317. few very fine and fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 225498; continuous - phpvsfiid 225497; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 225498; continuous - phpvsfiid 225497
    2BC—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loamy coarse sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; 2 percent faint , moist, clay bridges; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. very few clay bridging surface features; few very fine and fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 225499; patchy - phpvsfiid 225499
    2C1—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy coarse sand; 1 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) coarse distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few coarse distinct 2.5Y72 mottles
    2C2—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) loamy coarse sand; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 1 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) coarse distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P04318. few coarse distinct 2.5Y72 mottles