IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rosedale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990DE005003
  • User Pedon ID: 90DE005003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0734
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62667
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 38.6233330
  • Std. Longitude: -75.4908371
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 300 feet N and 1150 feet W of the junction of county roads 483 and 483A, on the Messick farm in central Sussex County about 4 miles southwest of Georgetown.
  • 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rosedale
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 66 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1990 (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.
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. slightly moist; common, white sand grains; few coarse roots throughout; common medium roots throughout
    AE—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loamy sand; weak very coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. few very fine roots throughout; common fine and medium roots throughout
    E—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) loamy sand; massive, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. few very fine and fine roots throughout
    EB—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loamy sand; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. few very fine and fine roots throughout; few medium distinct 10YR64 mottles
    Bt—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; 15 percent , moist, clay bridges between sand grains and 37 percent faint , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04319. common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few medium and coarse roots throughout; common very fine and fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 225500; patchy - phpvsfiid 225500
    BC—94 to 104 centimeters (37.0 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 15 percent faint , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; clear wavy boundary. few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few fine and medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 233590; patchy - phpvsfiid 233590
    C1—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) sand; pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and 11 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium faint mottles; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. few medium roots throughout; few fine 7.5YR58 mottles; common medium faint 2.5Y64 mottles
    C2—127 to 183 centimeters (50.0 to 72.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) loamy sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and 1 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) fine distinct and 11 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium mottles; massive, and weak medium subangular blocky; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. satiated; very weak brittleness; free water at 55 inches after 30 minutes on June 6, 1990; few fine 7.5YR56 mottles; few fine distinct 2.5Y32 mottles; common medium 10YR71 mottles