IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Downer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992DE001001
  • User Pedon ID: S1992DE001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0271
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65614
  • 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: 38.9872208
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5572205
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: S side of road 384, .5 miles E of intersection with US #13; W of Killens St. Park.
  • Map Unit: DoA—Downer sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE001—Kent
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: DE001—Kent County, Delaware
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38075-H5—Harrington, Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Downer
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2014
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Downer sandy loam
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat, knoll, fluviomarine terrace
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02200
    Bt1—23 to 35 centimeters (9.1 to 13.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; clay films between sand grains; 8 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02201
    Bt2—35 to 45 centimeters (13.8 to 17.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; clay films between sand grains; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02202
    Bt3—45 to 58 centimeters (17.7 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films between sand grains; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02203. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1061064; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1061064
    CB—58 to 82 centimeters (22.8 to 32.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) loamy sand; massive; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; clay films between sand grains; 2 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02204
    C1—82 to 140 centimeters (32.3 to 55.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent by volume unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02205
    C2—140 to 185 centimeters (55.1 to 72.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.
    C3—185 to 203 centimeters (72.8 to 79.9 inches); yellow (10YR 7/8) sand; single grain; loose; fragments.