IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aura
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005NJ029001
  • User Pedon ID: S2005NJ029001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0571
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17342
  • 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: 39.8550262
  • Std. Longitude: -74.4040298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: AugB—Aura sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, Northern Coastal Plain
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ029—Ocean
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ029—Ocean County, New Jersey
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39074-G4—Woodmansie, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: HCS, EM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, subactive, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aura
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/15/2017
  • Classifier - David Steinmann
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aura
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy eolian deposits over old loamy fluviomarine deposits over sandy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: low hill, relic stream terrace
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    E

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    2Btx

    2BCt

    3C

    0

    10

    20

    30

    61

    81

    173

    213

    10

    20

    30

    61

    81

    173

    213

    234

    05N03328

    05N03329

    05N03330

    05N03331

    05N03332

    05N0333

    05N03334

    05N03335

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    3.3

    2.7

    6.1

    14

    9.2

    28.2

    20.2

    6

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    28.4

    25

    31.7

    38.4

    12

    2.3

    3.7

    3.3

    12.9

    14.4

    16.6

    23.7

    6.9

    0.4

    0.9

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    15.5

    10.6

    15.4

    14.7

    5.1

    1.9

    2.8

    3.3

    68.3

    72.3

    62.2

    47.6

    78.8

    69.5

    76.1

    90.7

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    3.9

    8.6

    5

    7.9

    19.3

    11.7

    1.4

    13.5

    16.2

    14.9

    14.8

    14.1

    32.5

    28.9

    17.9

    20.8

    24.9

    24.6

    23.6

    15.5

    22

    24.7

    47.9

    45.6

    16.8

    17.7

    13.3

    7.2

    3.6

    3.6

    8.5

    9.9

    6.5

    6.5

    5.5

    2.9

    1.4

    0.6

    0.4

    0.9

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    5.6

    5.3

    4.9

    5.1

    5.3

    5.3
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    E

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    2Btx

    2BCt

    3C

    0

    10

    20

    30

    61

    81

    173

    213

    10

    20

    30

    61

    81

    173

    213

    234

    05N03328

    05N03329

    05N03330

    05N03331

    05N03332

    05N0333

    05N03334

    05N03335

    4.1

    4.5

    5.5

    4.4

    4.3

    4.2

    4.3

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    1.9

    0.5

    0.3

    0.5

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

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    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

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    6.7

    1.2

    4.4

    4.2

    2.6

    5.5

    4.3

    1.5

    23

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    13

    7

    4

    4

    12

    5

    0.8

    2.1

    2.5

    1.7

    4.8

    4

    1.4

    8.7

    2.7

    4.8

    4.8

    2.8

    5.7

    4.5

    1.7
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    E

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    2Btx

    2BCt

    3C

    0

    10

    20

    30

    61

    81

    173

    213

    10

    20

    30

    61

    81

    173

    213

    234

    05N03328

    05N03329

    05N03330

    05N03331

    05N03332

    05N0333

    05N03334

    05N03335

    2.4

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    1

    2.3

    1.8

    0.6

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    0.09

    0.03

    0.05

    0.05

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

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    81 - 173

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    fragipan

    0—20

    20—213

    81—234

    81—173

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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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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-48-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03328; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy loam; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 05N03329; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments; 20 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03330; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 40 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments; 60 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03331; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine roots in cracks and 5.0 fine roots throughout; prominent clay bridges and prominent clay films; 20 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 05N03332; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Btx—81 to 173 centimeters (31.9 to 68.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) gravelly sandy clay loam; massive parts to moderate very thick platy; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; moderate permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 20 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03333; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2BCt—173 to 213 centimeters (68.1 to 83.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sandy loam; moderate very thick platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03334; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3C—213 to 234 centimeters (83.9 to 92.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sand; massive parts to single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; fragments. Lab sample # 05N03335; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket