IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Conestoga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994NJ041009
  • User Pedon ID: 94NJ041009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0536
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66712
  • 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: 40.6911125
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1483307
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ041—Warren
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ041—Warren County, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DHK DDL
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Conestoga
  • Classificaton Date - 4/29/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 22 percent of A horizon clay content and 27 percent of B horizon clay content and 28 percent of B horizon clay content and 24 percent of B horizon clay content and 23 percent of B horizon clay content


    • SITE

  • Bedrock: s strong weathered limestone and shale and a strike of 360 degrees and a dip of 80 to 80 degrees
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/29/1994 (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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    Ap—0 to 58 centimeters (0.0 to 22.8 inches); 90 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 2 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; 6.1999998 Bromthymol blue; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P03795. 22% CLAY >3/4"=1% 55% SILT
    Bt1—58 to 102 centimeters (22.8 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); moderate medium prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and 4.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter mixed metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; 6.0999999 Bromthymol blue; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P03796. 27% CLAY AND 55% SILT >3/4"=0%; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 117701; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 117701
    Bt2—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; 6.5 Bromthymol blue; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P03797. 28% CLAY AND 60% SILT; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 117702; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 117702
    Bt3—140 to 201 centimeters (55.1 to 79.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and 3.0 fine to coarse moderate-continuity tubular pores; 70 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; 6.4000001 Bromthymol blue; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P03798. 24% CLAY AND 63% SILT; continuous - phpvsfiid 117703; continuous - phpvsfiid 117703
    BC—201 to 251 centimeters (79.1 to 98.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); weak fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine to coarse moderate-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt coats on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; 6.1999998 Chlorophenol red; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P03799. 23% CLAY AND 63% SILT; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 117704; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 117704
    C1—251 to 373 centimeters (98.8 to 146.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); weak fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; 5.0999999 Bromcresol green; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P03800. 22% CLAY AND 67% SILT; patchy - phpvsfiid 117705; patchy - phpvsfiid 117705
    C2—373 to 516 centimeters (146.9 to 203.1 inches); 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); moderate medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt coats on faces of peds; 10 percent fine and medium platy noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout and 10 percent fine and medium platy noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses throughout and 10 percent fine and medium platy noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; 6 Bromthymol blue; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P03801. 23% CLAY ABD 65% SILT; patchy - phpvsfiid 117706; patchy - phpvsfiid 117706
    C3—516 to 610 centimeters (203.1 to 240.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3); slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 10 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 94P03802. 19% CLAY 40% SILT >3/4"=5%
    C4—610 to 686 centimeters (240.2 to 270.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 5 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments and 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 94P03803. >3/4"=3% 25% CLAY AND 45% SILT
    C5—686 to 826 centimeters (270.1 to 325.2 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4); moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 94P03804. 27% CLAY AND 60% SILT SATURATED ZONE APPROXIMATELY 10cm THICK AT BOTTOM (ABOVE R), SHALE CLIPS CALCAREOUS (EFFERUEIS)
    R—826 centimeters (325.2 inches); fragments. CALCAREOUS SHALE (ASS'D WITH JACKSONBURG LIMESTONE)