IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lenape
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992DE005006
  • User Pedon ID: 92DE005006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0284
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65627
  • 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: 38.5922546
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6638031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 4000 feet SW of Woodland Ferry on Road 79, 500 feet SE in tidal marsh.
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE005—Sussex
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: DE005—Sussex County, Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. D. Parker and G. P. Demas
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lenape
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, dysic Terric Medisaprists
  • Classificaton Date - 1/20/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: tidal marsh
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/20/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Oe—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mucky peat; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Fiber content is one-half of the soil volume after rubbing. 50%, by weight, mineral soil material.
    Oa—15 to 66 centimeters (5.9 to 26.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) muck; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Fiber content is one-tenth of the soil volume after rubbing. 60%, by weight, mineral soil material.
    Ag—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) silt loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. N value greater than 1.0. Material flows easily between fingers when squeezed. 5% organic soil material.
    Cg—86 to 183 centimeters (33.9 to 72.0 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) silty clay loam; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P02286. N value greater than 1.0. Material flows easily between fingers when squeezed.