IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Unicorn
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957DE001011
  • User Pedon ID: S1957DE001011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4168
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40358
  • 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: 39.2249167
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6181667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Route 152, 2 miles northwest of Cheswold
  • Map Unit: HbB—Hambrook sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE001—Kent
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: DE001—Kent County, Delaware
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39075-B5—Dover, Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, nonacid, mesic Typic 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 #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Unicorn
  • PSC - 42 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/23/2015
  • 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

  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AHP 51-60
  • 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

    fibric soil materials

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—29

    0—4

    42—73

    90—116

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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

    2

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    270

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    O—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31811
    Ap—4 to 17 centimeters (1.6 to 6.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and weak red (2.5YR 5/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31810
    E—17 to 29 centimeters (6.7 to 11.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31812
    BE—29 to 42 centimeters (11.4 to 16.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31813
    Bt1—42 to 57 centimeters (16.5 to 22.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31814
    Bt2—57 to 73 centimeters (22.4 to 28.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31815. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060884; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060884
    BC—73 to 90 centimeters (28.7 to 35.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sandy loam; weak fine platy, and weak coarse platy structure; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31816. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060885; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060885
    2C—90 to 116 centimeters (35.4 to 45.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse sand; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31817