IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lenape
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992DE005009
  • User Pedon ID: 92DE005009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992DE005009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0285
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65628
  • 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: 38.7058640
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5610199
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 1200 feet S and 200 feet E of the junction of County Roads 18 and 533, in woodland on Nanticoke River floodplain, near Bridgeville.
  • 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, G. P. Demas, R. L. Hall
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lenape
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, dysic Terric Medisaprists
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Microfeature: tree-tip mound
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CRHU

    ILEX

    SMILA2

    VACO

    Croton humilis

    Ilex

    Smilax

    Vaccinium corymbosum

    pepperbush

    holly

    greenbrier

    highbush blueberry

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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

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    Oa1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed mucky peat; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    Oa2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) crushed muck; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    Oa3—20 to 64 centimeters (7.9 to 25.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Ag—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; massive; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. N-value greater than 1.0. Material flows easily through the fingers when squeezed.
    Cg1—74 to 112 centimeters (29.1 to 44.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint mottles; massive; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P02287
    Cg2—112 to 168 centimeters (44.1 to 66.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. N-value 0.7 to 1.0. Material flows with difficulty when squeezed.