IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MATAPEAKE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957NJ023001
  • User Pedon ID: S1957NJ023001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957NJ023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0323
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32851
  • 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: 40.3716660
  • Std. Longitude: -74.3588867
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Middlesex County, New Jersey. Hunkele woodlot, 1 mile east of Dayton, on Dayton-Jamesburg Road. North side of road, 100 feet west of eastern boundary of woodlot, 200 feet into woodland.
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ023—Middlesex
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ023—Middlesex County, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N.A. Willits and K.R. Wilson.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MATAPEAKE
  • PSC - 33 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Matapeake
  • Classificaton Date - 3/25/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/25/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CARYA

    FAGUS

    QUAL

    Carya

    Fagus

    Quercus alba

    hybrid hickory

    beech

    white oak

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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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    O1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. not sampled.
    O2—4 to 5 centimeters (1.6 to 2.0 inches); fragments. not sampled.
    A11—5 to 6 centimeters (2.0 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; loose; fine roots top of horizon; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02369
    A12—6 to 10 centimeters (2.4 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium granular parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine to coarse pores; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02369. Only very fine quartz sand and organic matter visible.
    A13—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium and coarse granular parts to weak fine granular structure; loose; 21.0 pores; mica flakes, unspecified; 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02369. Only very fine, clean quartz sand visible, scattered very fine white mica; less organic matter than above.
    A2—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; coats on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02370. Mainly fine sand size, clean to clear quartz grains with scattered fine white mica are only minerals identified.
    B21t—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 3.0 roots; clay films; 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments and rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02371. About 1 percent fine white mica and a very few grains which are dark, the rest are medium to fine quartz sand, rounded, frosted, not clay coated.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195217; continuous - phpvsfiid 195217
    B22tg—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A02372. Rounded sand grains not coated with oxides; less than 1 percent dark, dull rounded fine sand grains; 1 percent fine to medium, white mica.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195218; continuous - phpvsfiid 195218
    IIC—84 to 165 centimeters (33.1 to 65.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 pores; clay films on rock fragments and clay bridges on sand and gravel; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02373