IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MATAPEAKE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957DE001009
  • User Pedon ID: S1957DE001009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4176
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40366
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.2616882
  • Std. Longitude: -75.4921265
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Route 329, 2 miles northeast of Leipsic- Bombay Hook Wildlife Refuge (Department of the Interior)
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE001—Kent
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: DE001—Kent County, Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MATAPEAKE
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • 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 20-33
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31872
    A2—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A31873
    B1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31874
    B21—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31875
    B22—46 to 63 centimeters (18.1 to 24.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31876. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199367; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199367
    B3—63 to 79 centimeters (24.8 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31877. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199368; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199368
    C1—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31878
    2C2—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) very fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and massive; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31879
    2C3—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31880