IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elsinboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008DE003001
  • User Pedon ID: S08DE003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0433
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20072
  • 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: 39.6646957
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7446136
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Elsinboro , 0 to 2 percent slopes in New Castle County, Delaware, University of Delaware Dairy Research farm. USGS Newark East topograhical quadrangle; latitude 39 degrees 39 minutes 52.9 seconds north and longitude 75 degrees 44 mintues 40.6 seconds west. Major Land Resource Area MLRA 148-Northern Piedmont.
  • Map Unit: P42B—Elsinboro silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE003—New Castle
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: DE003—New Castle County, Delaware
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39075-F6—Newark East, Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Susan Demas
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elsinboro
  • Classificaton Date - 3/15/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elsinboro
  • Classificaton Date - 2/20/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mica bearing loamy alluvium derived from mica schist
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: terrace
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/20/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—27

    27—94

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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
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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 medium roots throughout; ; 2 percent by volume subrounded quartz fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N02834
    Ap2—5 to 27 centimeters (2.0 to 10.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded quartz fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N02835
    Bt1—27 to 51 centimeters (10.6 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N02836
    Bt2—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded quartz fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N02837
    BCt—74 to 114 centimeters (29.1 to 44.9 inches); 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 20 percent black (N 2/), and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N02838
    CB—114 to 173 centimeters (44.9 to 68.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # 08N02839
    C—173 to 180 centimeters (68.1 to 70.9 inches); 30 percent black (N 2/), and 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brown (10YR 5/3) stratified stratified sandy loam; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 08N02840