IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chillum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NJ033003
  • User Pedon ID: 91NJ033003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0366
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64605
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • 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: 39.6061096
  • Std. Longitude: -75.2433319
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: .75 mile southwest of Pole Tavern circle on route 70; .31 mile west of route 70.
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ033—Salem
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ033—Salem County, New Jersey
  • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chillum
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: marine terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/19/1991 (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
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—84

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    —-

    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

    37

    1000

    12

    13

    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; 15 percent clay; strong medium and coarse granular structure; hard, friable, moderate, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02248
    Bt1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02249. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191776; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191776
    Bt2—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02250. continuous - phpvsfiid 191777; continuous - phpvsfiid 191777
    Bt3—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02251. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175475; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175475
    BC—84 to 94 centimeters (33.1 to 37.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, weakly cemented, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02252. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175476; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175476
    2C1—94 to 153 centimeters (37.0 to 60.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly sandy loam; massive; extremely firm*, nonplastic; 0.5 low-continuity interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 92P02253
    2C2—153 to 164 centimeters (60.2 to 64.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly sandy loam; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) coarse prominent mottles; massive; firm, nonplastic; 0.5 low-continuity interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 92P02254
    2C3—164 to 176 centimeters (64.6 to 69.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) gravelly sand; loose, loose, nonplastic; 10.0 fine and medium high-continuity interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 92P02255
    3C4—176 to 250 centimeters (69.3 to 98.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sand; loose, loose, nonplastic; 10.0 fine and medium high-continuity interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 92P02256
    3C5—250 to 275 centimeters (98.4 to 108.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; fragments. Lab sample # 92P02257