IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Quindocqua
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2011DE001001
User Pedon ID:
S2011DE001001
User Site Association ID:
3-HAM Benchmark Sampling MLRA Project
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
yes
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
12N0025
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
47531
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:
39.0372056
Std. Longitude:
-75.6396750
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Kent County, DE; Norman G. Wilder State Wildlife Management Area.
Map Unit:
FgcA—Fallsington loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Mid-Altlantic Coastal Plain
Country:
US—United States
State:
Delaware
County:
DE001—Kent
MLRA:
153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
Regional Office:
6—Morgantown, WV
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
DE001—Kent County, Delaware
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
39075-A6—Marydel, Delaware
PEDON
Describers Name:
Phil King
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Endoaquults
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Quindocqua
Classificaton Date -
3/11/2016
Classifier -
Suasn Demas
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Fallsington
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Endoaquults
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
10/6/2011
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eleventh edition
Moisture Class -
aquic
Moisture SUBClass -
typic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
yes
Certification Status:
certified
QC Status:
level 1
QA Status:
level 1
SITE
Parent Material:
loamy fluviomarine deposits
Landscape:
coastal plain
Landform:
interfluve
Geomorphic Component Flats:
talf
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Class:
poorly
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/6/2011 (actual site observation date)
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
Current Weather -
sunny
Current Air Temp -
18
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
aquic conditions
argillic horizon
0—29
19—
29—50
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—-
—-
Site Soil Temperature
Site Obs. Date
Depth
Sensor Kind
Temperature
cm
C
10/6/2011
50
—
18
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
1
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—
18.3
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270
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Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 13.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine vesicular and 7.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N00110; observed in pit, small
BEg—19 to 29 centimeters (7.5 to 11.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine vesicular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N00111; observed in pit, small
Btg—29 to 50 centimeters (11.4 to 19.7 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium tubular and 7.0 fine tubular and 5.0 fine vesicular pores; 35 percent faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions and 25 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 12N00112; observed in pit, small
BCtg—50 to 73 centimeters (19.7 to 28.7 inches); fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak thick platy structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots in cracks; 2.0 fine vesicular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films; 30 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N00113; observed in pit, small
Cg1—73 to 107 centimeters (28.7 to 42.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) loamy sand; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 30 percent organic stains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N00114; observed in pit, small
Cg2—107 to 149 centimeters (42.1 to 58.7 inches); loamy coarse sand; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N00115; observed in pit, small
Cg3—149 to 206 centimeters (58.7 to 81.1 inches); loamy coarse sand; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 12N00116; observed in pit, small