IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pepperbox
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990DE005020B
  • User Pedon ID: 90DE005020B
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0103
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63150
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 38.5497208
  • Std. Longitude: -75.4527740
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 250 feet east and 150 feet south of junction of county roads 62 and 472; approximately 5 miles west southwest of Millsboro, in central Sussex county, Delaware.
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE005—Sussex
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.D. Luzader
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, mesic Arenic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • 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, mesic Arenic 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 - crop cover
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loamy sand; granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00584. Moderatley moist
    E1—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) loamy sand; granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00585. Moderately moist
    E2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3) loamy sand; granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00586. Moderately moist.
    Bt—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; 1 percent pale red (2.5YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00587. Moderately moist; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few medium distinct 2.5YR62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226161; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226161
    2Btg1—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3) sandy clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent and 11 percent light gray (5YR 7/1) coarse and 30 percent pale red (2.5YR 6/2) coarse faint mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00588. Moderately moist, and.; few clay films surface features throughout; few medium prominent 10YR58 mottles; common coarse 5YR71 mottles; many coarse faint 2.5YR62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226162; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226162
    2Btg2—94 to 147 centimeters (37.0 to 57.9 inches); light gray (5YR 7/1) sandy clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse and 11 percent light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00589. Moderately moist.; few clay films surface features throughout; common medium prominent 2.5YR63 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226163; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226163
    2Bcg—147 to 157 centimeters (57.9 to 61.8 inches); light gray (5YR 7/1) sandy clay; 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent distinct , moist, skeletans throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P00590. Slightly dry.; few skeletans (sand or silt) surface features throughout; common medium prominent 10YR66 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226164; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226164