IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Penn

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1992NJ019001

User Pedon ID: 92NJ019001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 92P0604

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64843

Print Date: 9/24/2024

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: 40.4874992

Std. Longitude: -74.8338852

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Bill Bowlby Farm, Raritan Township; in woodlot 7700 feet SE of center of traffic circle on route 202 in Flemington; about 1300 feet NE of (perpendicular to) Reaville Rd.; from S side of woodlot, pit is 90 feet NE (perpendicular); from E side of woodlot, pit is about 400 feet W (perpendicular to).

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: D. Kingsbury

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 1

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Penn

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults

PSC - 13 to 63 cm.

Classificaton Date - 3/30/1992

Moisture Class - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: piedmont

Landform: pediment

Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land

Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope

Hill Slope Profile: shoulder

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: moderate weathered shale and siltstone with 45 to <100 and a strike of 130 degrees and a dip of 5 to 5 degrees

Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 3/30/1992 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 41

Microrelief Elevation: 0

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods

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 paralithic contact lithic contact	0—13 13—64 87—98 98—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
2	153	15	58	—	270	1140	—	—	11	22	-1	12	23.9	0	—	—	—	Flemington NJ	—

Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 92P03633

Oe—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 92P03634; moist when described;. partially decomposed roots and leaves; undecomposed leaves above.

A—6 to 12 centimeters (2.4 to 4.7 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; 15 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine high-continuity vesicular pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03635; moist when described;

AB—12 to 19 centimeters (4.7 to 7.5 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; 15 percent clay; moderate coarse granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine high-continuity vesicular pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03636; moist when described;

Bt1—19 to 46 centimeters (7.5 to 18.1 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dry; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03637; moist when described;

Bt2—46 to 70 centimeters (18.1 to 27.6 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03638; moist when described;

C—70 to 93 centimeters (27.6 to 36.6 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dry; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments and 15 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03639; moist when described;

CR—93 to 104 centimeters (36.6 to 40.9 inches); massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent fine and medium platy iron-manganese concretions; 30 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments and 35 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03640