IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharptown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992DE003006
  • User Pedon ID: S1992DE003006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0279
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65622
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.6572227
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6263885
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: NC County Atlas #39; Armstrong farm; Delaware Wildlands; edge of field near bees.
  • Map Unit: HkB—Hambrook-Urban land complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE003—New Castle
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: DE003—New Castle County, Delaware
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39075-F5—Wilmington South, Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Doyle F. Brown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharptown
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/8/2015
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mattapex
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy Aquic Hapludults
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: Northern coastal plain
  • Landform: fluviomarine terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    aquic conditions

    0—25

    25—109

    48—183

    64—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

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    7

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    ; fragments.
    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02255
    Bt1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; constricted tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02256
    Bt2—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0 percent by volume glauconite fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02257
    2Bt3—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct and 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume glauconite fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02258
    2Bt4—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 15 percent by volume glauconite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02259
    2BC—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; red (2.5YR 4/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; iron concretions; 20 percent by volume glauconite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02260. Iron concretions are angular.
    2C1—142 to 175 centimeters (55.9 to 68.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) mottles; massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 20 percent by volume glauconite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02261
    2C2—175 to 183 centimeters (68.9 to 72.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) sandy clay loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots in cracks; 20 percent by volume glauconite fragments. Lab sample # 93P02262