IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gladstone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NJ019003
  • User Pedon ID: S1992NJ019003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992NJ019003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0610
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64849
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 40.6291656
  • Std. Longitude: -75.1100006
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Mike Hammerstone Farm (Traditions Farm), Holland Township; NE of Reigel Ridge (along Rt. 519); along the NW side of Hawks School House Rd. about 3400 feet from Myler Rd.; pit located about 130 feet perpendicular to Hawks School House Rd. (from center line).
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ019—Hunterdon
  • MLRA: 148—Northern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FRE—Frederick, Maryland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ019—Hunterdon County, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David Kingsbury
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gladstone
  • PSC - 24 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/17/2015
  • Classifier - David Verdone
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gladstone
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 24 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/2/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: hillside
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/2/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 13
  • Microrelief Elevation: 0
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CUMA3

    Cucurbita maxima

    winter squash

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—24

    24—128

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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

    2

    137

    23

    233

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    300

    1140

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    11

    22

    -1

    12

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    Flemington NJ

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    Ap—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loam; 16 percent clay; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular and 2.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 8 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; 6.5 Thymol-blue; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03676; moist when described;
    Bt1—24 to 36 centimeters (9.4 to 14.2 inches); 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 8 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; 6.5 Thymol-blue; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03677; moist when described;. Loam is on bottom of Ap.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1162687; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1162686; patchy - phpvsfiid 1162687; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1162686
    Bt2—36 to 62 centimeters (14.2 to 24.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 fine and medium low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03678; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1162688; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1162689; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1162688; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1162689
    Bt3—62 to 92 centimeters (24.4 to 36.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and 20 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 4 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 6 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03679; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1162690; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1162691; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1162690; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1162691
    Bt4—92 to 128 centimeters (36.2 to 50.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and 20 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03680; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1162692; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1162693; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1162692; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1162693
    C1—128 to 184 centimeters (50.4 to 72.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 20 percent clay; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately slow permeability; 5 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 8 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03681; moist when described;
    C2—184 to 236 centimeters (72.4 to 92.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8) sandy clay; 15 percent clay; single grain; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, phenol red. Lab sample # 92P03682; moist when described;
    C3—236 to 270 centimeters (92.9 to 106.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately slow permeability; fragments. Lab sample # 92P03683; moist when described;