IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pepperbox
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990DE005020A
  • User Pedon ID: 90DE005020A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0102
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63149
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.5027771
  • Std. Longitude: -75.4458313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 100 feet south of powerline right of way and approximately 300 feet east and 2550 feet south of junction of county roads 62 and 422, near Pepperbox in south central Sussex county, Delaware.
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE005—Sussex
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.D. Luzader
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pepperbox
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed Aquic Paleudults
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1990
  • 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: 10/1/1990 (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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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P00580. loose leaves, twigs, and slightly decomposed organic matter
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loamy sand; single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00581. common very fine and fine roots throughout
    E1—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) loamy sand; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00582
    E2—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 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; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00583. few very fine and fine roots throughout
    E3—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) loamy sand; massive, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. No Sample; few very fine and fine roots throughout