IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): QUAKERTOWN

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1991NJ019001

User Pedon ID: 91NJ019001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 91P0656

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63698

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: 40.5694427

Std. Longitude: -74.9138870

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Peterson farm; Pittstown, NJ, USGS Quad.; about 1.6 miles east on Quakertown Rd. from corner with route 579 in Quakertown, NJ and 0.3 mile north on farm road to back of barn; about 300 feet northeast from barn to top of hill; about 100 feet of High Voltage Inc.

State: New Jersey

County: NJ019—Hunterdon

MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont

Regional Office: SE—Southeast

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ019—Hunterdon County, New Jersey

PEDON

Describers Name: L.J.M., M.J. Levin

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - QUAKERTOWN

PSC - 22 to 72 cm.

Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007

Moisture Class - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Quakertown

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalf

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 5/9/1991

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 2

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: piedmont

Landform: pediment

Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land

Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: moderate weathered sandstone and siltstone with 10 to <45 and a dip of 10 to 10 degrees

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 5/9/1991 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 29

Microrelief Elevation: 0

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon lithic contact	0—22 22—142 142—0	—- —- —-

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
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
1	92	9	207	—	270	1130	—	—	11	—	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	Flemington, NJ	—

Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; loam; 17 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03747; moist when described;

Bt1—22 to 50 centimeters (8.7 to 19.7 inches); 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and 50 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior, dry; loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 10.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03748; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191763; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191763

Bt2—50 to 66 centimeters (19.7 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine and medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; 8 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03749; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191764; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191764

Bt3—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) channery loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity vesicular pores; distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores; 2 percent fine and medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume angular 20-48-75 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 12 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03750; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191765; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191765

BCt—94 to 142 centimeters (37.0 to 55.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very channery loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; 50 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, chlorophenol red; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 91P03751; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191766; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191766

R—142 centimeters (55.9 inches); fragments.