IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Swainton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NJ033010
  • User Pedon ID: S1985NJ033010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0277
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58082
  • Print Date: 11/13/2025

    • 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: 39.6063881
  • Std. Longitude: -75.3088913
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1/2 mi W of Yorktown on Oakland Station R., 250 feet N on old farm house lane to pond, 20 feet E of lane in field.
  • Map Unit: WoeA—Woodstown sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Northern Coastal Plain
  • 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: 39075-E3—Alloway, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chris Smith, Carl Eby, Loyal Quandt, Erling Gamble
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Swainton
  • PSC - 32 to 82 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/23/2015
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sassafras
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gravelly fluviomarine deposits and/or loamy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: 2 coastal plain
  • Landform: terrace, 1 flat
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Chris Smith, Carl Eby, Loyal Quandt, Erling Gamble
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—32

    28—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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    35

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    Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; , 3 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments and , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P1600. Slightly more compact in the lower portion of the horizon.; common fine roots
    BE—22 to 32 centimeters (8.7 to 12.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior loam; massive, and weak fine platy; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films; , 4 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments and , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P1601. few clay films surface features; few fine roots
    Bt1—32 to 60 centimeters (12.6 to 23.6 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; , 3 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments and , 3 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P1602. Less than 5% rounded quartoze gravel.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    Bt2—60 to 85 centimeters (23.6 to 33.5 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; , 5 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments and , 5 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P1603. Less than 5% rounded quartoze gravel.; few fine roots
    2Bt1—85 to 120 centimeters (33.5 to 47.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior very gravelly coarse sandy loam; single grain; loose; , 15 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments and , 26 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter quartzite fragments and , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 20-50-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P1604. Alternating bands of reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) sandy loam about 2-3 cm thick, massive, friable, with abrupt boundaries; at the lower limit of the horizon is a discontinuous band of soft accumulations of black (7.5YR N2/0) manganese. 25% rou
    2Bt2—120 to 155 centimeters (47.2 to 61.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; very firm; , 20 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments and , 30 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P1605. Many prominent clay bridges and films around and between gravels and sands.
    3Bt—155 to 190 centimeters (61.0 to 74.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint , moist, clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 86P1606
    4C—190 to 200 centimeters (74.8 to 78.7 inches); sand; fragments. Yellowish brown sand of the Cohansey Formation.