IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aura
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NJ033005
  • User Pedon ID: S1985NJ033005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0765
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57031
  • 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: 39.5750008
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1472244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Salem County, NJ: 1 1/2 mi NW of Willow Grove 5/8 mi SW of Dry Branch along Centerton Porchtown Rd.
  • Map Unit: AugB—Aura sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, Northern Tidewater Area
  • Country: US—United States
  • 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: 39074-G4—Woodmansie, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chris Smith and Carl Eby
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aura
  • PSC - 35 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/21/2016
  • Classifier - David Steinmann
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aura
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy eolian deposits over loamy fluviomarine deposits over sandy fluviomarine deposits
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    EB

    Bt

    2Btx1

    2Btx2

    2Btx3

    0

    8

    30

    48

    70

    122

    8

    30

    48

    70

    122

    185

    85P04030

    85P04031

    85P04032

    85P04033

    85P04031

    85P04035

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    5.7

    7.7

    14.8

    39.2

    35.3

    27.8

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    37

    39

    38.2

    26

    5.5

    3.7

    19.9

    22.4

    22.2

    15.2

    3

    1.8

    17.1

    16.6

    16

    10.8

    2.5

    1.9

    57.3

    53.3

    47

    34.8

    59.2

    68.5

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    3.1

    3.1

    4.4

    5.6

    14.9

    4.7

    11.1

    9.9

    8.8

    7.7

    16.3

    19.3

    20.7

    20

    16.6

    12.8

    22.8

    32

    15.3

    14.3

    12

    6.4

    4

    11.4

    7.1

    6

    5.2

    2.3

    1.2

    1.1

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    EB

    Bt

    2Btx1

    2Btx2

    2Btx3

    0

    8

    30

    48

    70

    122

    8

    30

    48

    70

    122

    185

    85P04030

    85P04031

    85P04032

    85P04033

    85P04031

    85P04035

    3.3

    4.1

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    4

    4.5

    4.2

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    0.7

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    0.1

    1.5

    0.3

    0.1

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    0.1

    0.1

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    17.3

    4.6

    5.4

    13.7

    9.4

    6.9

    5

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    2

    1

    15

    4

    15

    2.9

    4

    8.2

    7.4

    4.9

    18.2

    4.6

    5.5

    13.9

    11

    7.2
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    EB

    Bt

    2Btx1

    2Btx2

    2Btx3

    0

    8

    30

    48

    70

    122

    8

    30

    48

    70

    122

    185

    85P04030

    85P04031

    85P04032

    85P04033

    85P04031

    85P04035

    2.3

    1.6

    2.4

    5.4

    4.6

    2.5

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

    hemic soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    fragipan

    0—5

    0—13

    35—190

    53—190

    53—190

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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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    38

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0) interior mucky peat; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Partially decomposed leaves, twigs, needles and moss; many fibrous roots.
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loam; moderate coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04030. Many fibrous and conductor roots; few rounded quartz pebbles.
    EB—13 to 35 centimeters (5.1 to 13.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04031. Many fibrous and conductor roots; few rounded hard quartzose pebbles, rare weathered and soft pebles; clay films are on pebbles niches also.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds
    Bt—35 to 53 centimeters (13.8 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04032. Few rounded hard quartzose pebbles, rare weathered and soft pebbles; Clay films on pebbles niches also.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features between sand grains; many roots
    2Btx1—53 to 75 centimeters (20.9 to 29.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and massive; extremely firm*; 0.5 roots; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04033. Many rounded hard quzrtzose pebbles and few rounded weathered and soft pebbles; clay films on pebbles niches also; appears dense and tightly packed.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features between sand grains; few roots
    2Btx2—75 to 125 centimeters (29.5 to 49.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; extremely firm*; 0.1 roots; 55 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04034. Common faint splotches of strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); roots mostly in strong brown areas; many rounded hard quartzose pebbles and few rounded weathered and soft pebbles; appears dense and tightly packed.; many clay films surface features between sand grains; very few roots
    2Btx3—125 to 190 centimeters (49.2 to 74.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior sandy clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P04035. Few chalky soft grains.