IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Downer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958NJ011001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958NJ011001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958NJ011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0332
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32860
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.4749985
  • Std. Longitude: -75.3488922
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Cumberland County, New Jersey. 1/2 mile north of Jericho, intersection of Cook Lane and road going south toward Jericho, west side of road to Jericho about 100 feet in woods and 200 feet from field opposite the intersection.
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ011—Cumberland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ011—Cumberland County, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G.A. Quakenbush
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Downer
  • PSC - 58 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/10/2016
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sassafras
  • PSC - 58 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/21/1958 (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

    CORNU

    QUAL

    QUVE

    Carya

    Cornus

    Quercus alba

    Quercus velutina

    hybrid hickory

    dogwood

    white oak

    black oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    58—84

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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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    Oi—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A02447
    Oe—9 to 10 centimeters (3.5 to 3.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A02448
    A—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02449
    E—18 to 40 centimeters (7.1 to 15.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 7.5YR (7.5YR/),, very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02450
    Bw—40 to 68 centimeters (15.7 to 26.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; friable; brittle; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02451
    Bt—68 to 94 centimeters (26.8 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; friable, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02452
    BC—94 to 104 centimeters (37.0 to 40.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02453
    2C—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; coarse sand; single grain; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02454