IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atsion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982DE005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1982DE005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982DE005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0279
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52521
  • Print Date: 7/7/2024

    • 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: 38.5200000
  • Std. Longitude: -75.4097222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • PLSS Details: D. Hudson Atlas sheet 66
  • Location Description: southwest of Lowes Crossing Road and Road 421 intersection
  • Map Unit: AsA—Askecksy loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE005—Sussex
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: DE005—Sussex County, Delaware
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38075-E4—Trap Pond, Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Hall and D. L. Yost
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, siliceous, mesic Aeric Alaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • 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 - Atsion
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/2014
  • Classifier - Rob Tunstead
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atsion
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mesic
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/30/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - 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

    CRHU

    ILEX

    QUAL

    Croton humilis

    Ilex

    Quercus alba

    pepperbush

    holly

    white oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    0—12

    5—12

    12—28

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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

    1

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    14

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    135

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loamy sand; structureless single grain; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    E—5 to 12 centimeters (2.0 to 4.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; structureless single grain; very friable; fragments; clear irregular boundary.
    Bh—12 to 20 centimeters (4.7 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loamy sand; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; moderately smeary; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 83P01248
    Bhs—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) loamy sand; moderate thick platy structure; very firm; moderately smeary; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01249
    Bs1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) loamy sand; structureless single grain; friable; weakly smeary; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    Bs2—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; structureless single grain; friable; weakly smeary; 4 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 4 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bw—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) loamy sand; structureless single grain; friable; 22 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Cg—71 to 175 centimeters (28.0 to 68.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loamy sand; structureless single grain; very friable; 22 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments.