IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Matapeake
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1957NJ023002
User Pedon ID:
S1957NJ023002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
yes
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A0346
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
32874
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:
40.3727760
Std. Longitude:
-74.4902802
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Middlesex County, New Jersey. Charles Holston field. 1 mile east of Dayton, field south of barn about 150 feet and about 40 feet from woods where S57-12-1 taken. About 200 feet from east corner of woods.
State:
New Jersey
County:
NJ023—Middlesex
MLRA:
149A—Northern Coastal Plain
Regional Office:
SE—Southeast
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NJ023—Middlesex County, New Jersey
PEDON
Describers Name:
K.P. Wilson, E.J. Pedersen, S.E. Davidson, and N.A. Willits.
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
not classified to current taxon name
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
2
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Matapeake
PSC -
30 to 56 cm.
Classificaton Date -
12/2/2015
Classifier -
Susan Demas
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Mattapex
PSC -
30 to 56 cm.
Classificaton Date -
3/26/1957
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Certification Status:
certified
QC Status:
level 1
SITE
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
3/26/1957 (actual site observation date)
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—30
30—36
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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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02557. Moderately permeable.
E—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fine white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02558. Wormholes 1 to 4 inches apart and roots pass through this easily; no evidence of roots following plates; little shrinkage and cracking; rounded frosted quartz grains of .02 mm size dusted with fine angular quartz silt and very fine sand; about 1 percent glossy, hard dark mineral.
Bt1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; clay films; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02559. Clay and organic movement along root channels; pores more dense than A2; the 1 mm quartz grains are rounded and frosted.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1351427; continuous - phpvsfiid 1351427
Bt2—48 to 56 centimeters (18.9 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak subangular blocky structure; friable; brittle; 3.0 fine roots; clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02560. Clay flows along vertical fractures.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1351431; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1351431
BC—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky; clay films on faces of peds and clay films on rock fragments and clay bridges; fine white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A02561. 2 percent glossy, hard, dark mineral grains.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1351432; patchy - phpvsfiid 1351432
2C1—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) very gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; friable; clay bridges on sand and gravel and clay films on sand and gravel and 1 percent oxide coats on sand and gravel; 2 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02562. 5 percent dark grains; a few decayed chert fragments.
2C2—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) very gravelly sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02563