IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Swedesboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NJ015010
  • User Pedon ID: 92NJ015010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0250
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65594
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024
  • 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: 39.7388878
  • Std. Longitude: -75.3611145
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: .6 mile west of the intersection of Kings Highway and the New Jersey Turnpike. 1 mile north of the New Jersey Turnpike.
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ015—Gloucester
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ015—Gloucester County, New Jersey
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Thornton Hole
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Swedesboro
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/19/2013
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Freehold
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 2/2/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: marine terrace
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/2/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    43—134

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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

    70

    50

    90

    225

    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) loamy sand; 10 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02019. split at 15 cm for bulk density
    Et—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; 5 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02020
    B1—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02021
    Bt2—58 to 66 centimeters (22.8 to 26.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loamy sand; 13 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02022
    Bt3—66 to 80 centimeters (26.0 to 31.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loamy sand; 18 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, indurated, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02023
    Bt4—80 to 95 centimeters (31.5 to 37.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sand; 12 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02024
    Bt5—95 to 115 centimeters (37.4 to 45.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; 5 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02025
    Bt6—115 to 134 centimeters (45.3 to 52.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) loamy sand; 10 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 93P02026
    C1—134 to 148 centimeters (52.8 to 58.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; 5 percent clay; 3 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 93P02027
    C2—148 to 162 centimeters (58.3 to 63.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; 16 percent clay; fragments. Lab sample # 93P02028. auger boring
    C3—162 to 190 centimeters (63.8 to 74.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; 20 percent clay; light gray (N 7/0) mottles; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments. Lab sample # 93P02029. auger boring
    C4—190 to 210 centimeters (74.8 to 82.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; 22 percent clay; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) mottles; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments. Lab sample # 93P02030. auger boring
    C5—210 to 233 centimeters (82.7 to 91.7 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sandy loam, sandy clay loam; 5 percent clay; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) mottles; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments. Lab sample # 93P02031. auger boring