IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Charlton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995NJ037004
  • User Pedon ID: 95NJ037004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995NJ037004
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 037-4
  • Transect Stop Number - 3
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0502
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67520
  • 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: 41.1241379
  • Std. Longitude: -74.5389175
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hardyston Twp, 2 1/4 mi E of Franklin, 5400' N of jct of rt. 23 and Silver Lake Rd, about 100' NE of Silver Lake Rd.
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ037—Sussex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DHK RLT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Charlton
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/30/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: h gneiss-acidic with 100 to <200 and a strike of 270 degrees and a dip of 45 to 45 degrees
  • Surface Fragments: 12.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/30/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    CAOV2

    FRAM2

    Acer rubrum

    Carya ovata

    Fraxinus americana

    red maple

    shagbark hickory

    white ash

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—30

    30—305

    305—0

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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

    19

    69

    45.7

    335

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    180

    2794

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    -10

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    -12.2

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    Newton

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    A1—1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03798. all ph by Hellige Truog unless stated otherwise 13% clay
    A2—3 to 12 centimeters (1.2 to 4.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 4.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03799. 13% clay
    L—5 to 0 centimeters (2.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 95P03797
    BE—12 to 26 centimeters (4.7 to 10.2 inches); 35 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face and 65 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face cobbly sandy loam, cobbly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 3 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03800. 13% clay
    Bt1—26 to 45 centimeters (10.2 to 17.7 inches); 90 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face and 10 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face gravelly sandy loam, gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03801. 15% clay Singleton blade #2 spring Bt1 horizon 2.5 1.50 1.00 1.50 2.00; patchy - phpvsfiid 325853; patchy - phpvsfiid 325853
    Bt2—45 to 79 centimeters (17.7 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine to medium roots between peds; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 4 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03802. 15% clay Singleton blade #2 spring Bt2 horizon 1.75 1.75 1.00 2.00 1.25; patchy - phpvsfiid 325854; patchy - phpvsfiid 325854
    BC—79 to 120 centimeters (31.1 to 47.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03803. 14% clay FR-85% FI-15%
    C—120 to 171 centimeters (47.2 to 67.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face cobbly sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03804. 13% clay
    R—171 to 200 centimeters (67.3 to 78.7 inches); fragments. gneiss