IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Matapeake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958NJ023001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958NJ023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0344
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32872
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 40.3669434
  • Std. Longitude: -74.4966660
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Middlesex County, New Jersey. One mile east of Dayton in cultivated field of Hunkele farm. 100 feet south of dead end road and 200 feet east of woodlot on medium sized flat area. Across road from Hunkele woodlot sampled for same soil in 1957.
  • 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: N.A. Willits, K.P. Wilson, M.A. Hawkins.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Matapeake
  • PSC - 30 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/3/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/3/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to very fine granular structure; friable; 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02544
    A2,B1—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to very fine granular structure; very hard, firm; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02545. This horizon is discontinuous because of deep plowing and penetration by worm or root holes filled with organic matter.
    B21t—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02546. Wormholes and root holes filled with organic stained Ap material; clay coats are observed under 20x lens.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195203; continuous - phpvsfiid 195203
    B22t—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02547. More clay but less silt than A1 horizon.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195204; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195204
    IIC1—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; clay films on rock fragments; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02548
    IIIC2—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive, and granular; friable; clay bridges on sand and gravel and clay films on sand and gravel; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02549