IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chatfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995NJ037003
  • User Pedon ID: S1995NJ037003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995NJ037003
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 037-1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0501
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67519
  • 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: 40.9658051
  • Std. Longitude: -74.7511139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Greene Township, 1 3/8 mile south-southwest of Andover, 2800 feet south of junction of White Hall Road and Route 517, 3000 feet west-southwest of junction of White Hall Road and Route 206, in wooded area 125 feet northeast of woods edge.
  • Map Unit: RokD—Rockaway-Chatfield-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ037—Sussex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ037—Sussex County, New Jersey
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40074-H7—Tranquility, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DHK SMF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chatfield
  • PSC - 33 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/4/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chatfield
  • PSC - 33 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till derived from gneiss-acidic
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: h slight weathered gneiss
  • Surface Fragments: 1.50 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/4/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    FRAM2

    QURU

    QUVE

    Fraxinus americana

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus velutina

    white ash

    northern red oak

    black oak

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    100 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—13

    18—93

    100—

    —13—

    —75—

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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

    17

    150

    75

    229

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    220

    1100

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    9

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    10

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    Newton

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    Oi1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03788. undecomposed leaf litter
    Oi2—6 to 7 centimeters (2.4 to 2.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03789; moist when described;
    Oe—7 to 8 centimeters (2.8 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03790; moist when described;. moderately decomposed leaf litter
    A—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 4.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03791; moist when described;. 13% clay
    AB—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03792; moist when described;. 13% clay
    Bw1—18 to 52 centimeters (7.1 to 20.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine to medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03793; moist when described;. 14% clay Singleton blade #2 spring Bw horizon 1.5 1.0 .75 .75 .75
    Bw2—52 to 74 centimeters (20.5 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 8 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 19 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03794; moist when described;. 15% clay Singleton blade #2 spring Bt horizon 1.25 1.50 1.0 2.5 1.0; patchy - phpvsfiid 117842; patchy - phpvsfiid 117842
    BC—74 to 93 centimeters (29.1 to 36.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 18 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03795; moist when described;. 15% clay
    C—93 to 100 centimeters (36.6 to 39.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) gravelly sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss-acidic fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03796; moist when described;. 13% clay
    2R—100 centimeters (39.4 inches); bedrock; fragments. Gneiss Bedrock