IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galestown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958NJ005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958NJ005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958NJ005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0352
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32880
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 40.0131667
  • Std. Longitude: -74.9779472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Burlington County, New Jersey. 1/2 mile west of US Highway No. 130, 300 feet south in woodlot, 1 mile southeast of Taylor.
  • Map Unit: GabB—Galestown sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ005—Burlington
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ005—Burlington County, New Jersey
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39075-F6—Newark East, Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N.A. Willits, K.P. Wilson, and M.A. Hawkins.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Siliceous, mesic Psammentic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Galestown
  • PSC - 66 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/2015
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galestown
  • PSC - 66 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    COFL2

    FAGUS

    PIVI2

    QURU

    Carya

    Cornus florida

    Fagus

    Pinus virginiana

    Quercus rubra

    hybrid hickory

    flowering dogwood

    beech

    Virginia pine

    northern red 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

    2

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    13.3

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    270

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Not sampled; black (5YR 2/1) matted and decayed leaves; fine rootlets and mycelia.
    A1—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); black (5YR 2/1) sand; weak fine granular structure; loose; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02599. composite sample 0 to 10 cm.
    A2—6 to 13 centimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sand; weak fine granular, and single grain; loose; fragments; ultra acid, pH 2.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02599. composite sample 0 to 10 cm.
    E—13 to 69 centimeters (5.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02600
    Bt1—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02601. Slightly finer sand than A2; lamellae of clay accumulation.
    Bt2—84 to 105 centimeters (33.1 to 41.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loamy sand; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02602. No clay bridges.
    C1—105 to 162 centimeters (41.3 to 63.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand, loamy sand; single grain; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02603. Loamy sand in balls and lamellae.
    C2—162 to 181 centimeters (63.8 to 71.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02604. Not sampled.