IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Woodstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986MD019006
  • User Pedon ID: S1986MD019006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0115
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59411
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.5711098
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7302780
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: .75 mi NW of Galestown; 1000 feet NE of Sharpbend in Wheately Church Rd. 800; NW of farm lane next to ditch.
  • Map Unit: HnA—Hammonton sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD019—Dorchester
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD019—Dorchester County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38075-E6—Sharptown, Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Brewer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Woodstown
  • PSC - 71 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/31/2014
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Woodstown
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat on upland slope, shallow depression on upland slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    aquic conditions

    0—56

    71—102

    86—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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0

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    6.2

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P0678. Trace of gravel. Few coarse roots.; many very fine roots; common fine roots
    E/A—18 to 56 centimeters (7.1 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior sandy loam; 11 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P0679. Trace of gravel.; many very fine roots; few fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR42 mottles
    BE—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior sandy loam; 11 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium faint and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P0680. Clay bridging between sand grains and clay coatings on sand grains. Trace of gravel; common very fine roots; common medium faint 10YR 6/4 mottles; common fine prominent 7.5YR 5/6 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR 5/6 mottles.
    Bt1—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; 11 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P0681. Clay bridging between sand grains. 10 percent gravel; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR 6/4 mottles; common fine faint 7.5YR 5/6 mottles.
    Bt2—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior sandy loam; 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P0682. Clay bridging between sand grains. 5 percent gravel; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots; common medium distinct 7.5YR 5/6 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR 6/1 mottles.
    BC—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior fine sandy loam; 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium prominent and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 87P0683. Clay bridging between sand grains. Trace of gravel; common medium prominent 10YR 6/1 mottles; common medium prominent 7.5YR 5/6 mottles
    Cg1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior loamy sand; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse distinct mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P0684. common coarse prominent 10YR 5/8 mottles; common medium prominent 7.5YR 5/6 mottles; common coarse distinct 10YR 5/4 mottles
    Cg2—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior sandy loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 30 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog. many fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; many medium distinct 2.5Y64 mottles