IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sassafras
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957DE001006
  • User Pedon ID: S1957DE001006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4167
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40357
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 39.0121117
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5916138
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: State Routes 241 and 12 on north side of road, one mile west of Felton
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE001—Kent
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: DE001—Kent County, Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Inceptic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sassafras
  • PSC - 38 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/2015
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SASSAFRAS
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AHP 51-31
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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—28

    38—63

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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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak very fine granular, and weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31802
    E—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31803
    BE—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine tubular pores; clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31804
    Bt1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; tubular pores; brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films and brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films and brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31805. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060872; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060873; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060874; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060872; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060873; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060874
    Bt2—51 to 63 centimeters (20.1 to 24.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; tubular pores; brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31806
    BC—63 to 71 centimeters (24.8 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31807
    2C1—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; loose; brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31808
    3C2—84 centimeters (33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse sand; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31809