IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nassawango
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NJ033002
  • User Pedon ID: S1985NJ033002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0287
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56003
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 39.6145556
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5268667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 250 feet north of earthen ramp on north side of Lighthouse Rd. 1 1/2 miles west of Rt. 49 in Killcohook National Wildlife Refuge.
  • Map Unit: MbuB—Mattapex silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, northern coastal plain
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ033—Salem
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ033—Salem County, New Jersey
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39075-E5—Delaware City, Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nassawango
  • PSC - 36 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/2015
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mattapex
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1985
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty eolian deposits over fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—36

    36—66

    102—183

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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
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01364
    A—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01365
    Bt1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01366
    Bt2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01367
    B3—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent faint clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01368
    C21—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01369
    C22—102 to 183 centimeters (40.2 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 21 percent gray (10YR 6/1) coarse prominent mottles; massive; slightly sticky; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments.