IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colemantown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NJ033007
  • User Pedon ID: 92NJ033007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0495
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64734
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.6127777
  • Std. Longitude: -75.3891678
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: the intersection on Rte. 45, .6 mi. N.E. of Mannington Creek. .2 mi. N. on the N.S. rd., 100 feet E. of rd.
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ033—Salem
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ033—Salem County, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lenore Matula
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colemantown
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, glauconitic Aquic Hapludults
  • PSC - 50 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/29/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: marine terrace
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/29/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 0
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    argillic horizon

    25—75

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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

    1

    500

    50

    15

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; 2 percent clay; 1 percent olive yellow (5Y 6/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments.
    Bt1—25 to 45 centimeters (9.8 to 17.7 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) silty clay loam; 3 percent clay; 1 percent light gray (5Y 7/1) fine faint and 1 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173577; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173577
    Bt2—45 to 65 centimeters (17.7 to 25.6 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) silty clay loam; 4 percent clay; 5 percent olive yellow (5Y 6/6) fine and medium faint and 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments. Lab sample # 92P02896. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173578; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173578
    Bt3—65 to 75 centimeters (25.6 to 29.5 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) clay; 4 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments. Lab sample # 92P02896. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173579; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173579
    C—75 to 150 centimeters (29.5 to 59.1 inches); pale yellow (5Y 8/2) clay; 5 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments.