IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Matapeake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957NJ023003
  • User Pedon ID: S1957NJ023003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957NJ023003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0343
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32871
  • 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: 40.3330574
  • Std. Longitude: -74.5819473
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Middlesex County, New Jersey. John Wicoff woodlot, 1 mile east of Plainsboro. Woodlot 500 feet northeast along power line and 75 feet west of power line into 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, G.A. Quakenbush, and N.A. Willits.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Matapeake
  • PSC - 28 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/28/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/28/1957 (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

    ACER

    CARYA

    FAGUS

    QUAL

    Acer

    Carya

    Fagus

    Quercus alba

    maple

    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 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A02535. not sampled.
    O21—5 to 9 centimeters (2.0 to 3.5 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A02536. Not sampled; decayed leaves from previous fall; leaves can easily be ground up by fingers; leaves matted and tied together and to the underlying layer by mycelia and rootlets.
    O22—9 to 10 centimeters (3.5 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1); humus present; very fine to medium roots around fragments; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7, unspecified; diffuse broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A02537. Not sampled: silty decayed humus with some mineral matter; mixed somewhat by micro- and macroearth fauna with A1 and A2.
    A1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fine white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02538. Mixed organic material; streaks and stains of mineral matter; mainly as rounded fine silica grains 0.01 mm, but some 0.1 or larger, large grains clean or coated by finer ones; scattered rounded black grains 0.1 mm opaque and dill.
    A2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; coats; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02539. Small cracks coated and stained with organic matter; mainly divided clear quartz and some fine mica.
    B21—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; very fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores and clay bridges and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02540. About 10 percent 1mm frosted quartz grains; few black carbon flakes; very fine root hairs penetrate peds.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195207; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195207
    B2t—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; clay films on faces of peds and silt coats on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02541. Mainly rounded quartz grains, 0.2 mm diameter.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195213; continuous - phpvsfiid 195213
    IIC1—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; massive; friable; clay films on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and clay films in root channels and/or pores and clay films on sand and gravel and clay films on rock fragments; fine white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02542. Upper sides of pebble coatings porous; sand grains commonly less than 1 mm diameter and are frosted; a little organic stain in very localized spots.
    IIC2—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; massive; friable; clay films on sand and gravel and silt coats on sand and gravel; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02543