IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Farmington (T)
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 95NJ037009
  • User Pedon ID: 95NJ037009
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 95037
  • Transect Stop Number - 4
  • Transect Interval - 100.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 037-5
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Green Twp. 1 1/4 mi N-NE of Greendell, 1700' W of rt. 611 on rt. 608 (Shotwell Rd.), 350' N at Rd. in idle field within Whittingham Fish and Wildlife Management Area
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ037—Sussex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DHK RLT
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Farmington (T)
  • PSC - 43 to 84 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: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: h moderate weathered limestone, unspecified with 10 to <45 and a strike of 190 degrees and a dip of 80 to 80 degrees
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—43

    43—84

    114—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

    11

    26

    4.6

    197

    —

    340

    2794

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    —

    -10

    —

    —

    -12.2

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    Newton

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3); moderate fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 8.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 6 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter limestone-shale fragments and 6 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. ph by Hellige-Truog unless stated otherwise L layer - 3-0 - undecomposed grass debris sample is 30cm x 30cm 16% clay
    Ap2—5 to 43 centimeters (2.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3); moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 5.0 medium and coarse moderate-continuity tubular pores; 6 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 8 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter limestone-shale fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt—43 to 84 centimeters (16.9 to 33.1 inches); 85 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3); moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 15 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter limestone-shale fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 117829; patchy - phpvsfiid 117829
    Bct—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); 75 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 25 percent brown (10YR 4/3); weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume angular 150-265-380 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 117830; patchy - phpvsfiid 117830
    R—114 centimeters (44.9 inches); fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. gray limestone