IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenwich
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957DE001012
  • User Pedon ID: S1957DE001012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4166
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40356
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.0855827
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5932388
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: intersection of Route 10 and 232, 4 miles southwest of Wyoming-Gooden Farm
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE001—Kent
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: DE001—Kent County, Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenwich
  • PSC - 28 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/2016
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SASSAFRAS
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/5/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AHP-12-4
  • 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

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—28

    28—74

    28—89

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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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    15

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31795
    E—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31796
    Bt1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31797
    Bt2—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly plastic; 30 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31798. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060886; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060886
    2BC—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy coarse sand; single grain; very friable, slightly sticky; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31799
    3C1—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31800
    3C2—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sandy loam; massive; very firm; 21.0 coarse roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31801