IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharptown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NJ033004
  • User Pedon ID: S1991NJ033004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0367
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64606
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 39.6603889
  • Std. Longitude: -75.3729722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: original location 39 39 37.00 N, 75 22 24.00 with no Datum this was assumed NAD27, then converted to NAD83 and current lat/long
  • Map Unit: HbrB—Hammonton-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • 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-F3—Woodstown, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lenore Maxula, T. Hole, R. Taylor
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharptown
  • PSC - 25 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/29/2016
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mattapex
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Aquic Hapludults
  • PSC - 25 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: marine terrace
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/19/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 0
  • 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

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—25

    25—69

    69—310

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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

    400

    150

    30

    —

    1000

    —

    —

    12

    —

    —

    13

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; 15 percent clay; granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10.0 medium and coarse moderate-continuity tubular and 10.0 fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02260; moist when described;
    Bt1—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; 25 percent clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderate, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 3.0 medium and coarse moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; silica coats; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02261; moist when described;
    Bt2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; 20 percent clay; 2 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderate, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; silica coats; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02262; moist when described;
    2C1—69 to 95 centimeters (27.2 to 37.4 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) loam; 25 percent clay; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; massive; hard, firm, moderate, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02263; moist when described;
    2C2—95 to 105 centimeters (37.4 to 41.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy loam; 10 percent clay; 2 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderate, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02264; moist when described;
    2C3—105 to 116 centimeters (41.3 to 45.7 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) sandy loam; 30 percent clay; 2 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) coarse faint and 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 2 percent olive (5Y 4/4) distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, moderate, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02265; moist when described;
    2C4—116 to 132 centimeters (45.7 to 52.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) loam; 35 percent clay; 2 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) coarse faint and 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, moderate, indurated, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02266; moist when described;
    3C5—132 to 178 centimeters (52.0 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) sandy loam, sandy clay loam; massive, and single grain; nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 92P02267
    3C6—178 to 212 centimeters (70.1 to 83.5 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) gravelly loamy coarse sand; 1 percent clay; fragments. Lab sample # 92P02268
    3C7—212 to 250 centimeters (83.5 to 98.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) coarse sand; 2 percent clay; fragments. Lab sample # 92P02269
    3C8—250 to 292 centimeters (98.4 to 115.0 inches); 75 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and 25 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) sandy loam; 22 percent clay; fragments. Lab sample # 92P02270
    3C9—292 to 310 centimeters (115.0 to 122.0 inches); 75 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 25 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; 28 percent clay; fragments. Lab sample # 92P02271