IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westbrook
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015NJ003001
  • User Pedon ID: S2015NJ003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Print Date: 12/7/2025

    • 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: 40.8059460
  • Std. Longitude: -74.0459800
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Saw Mill Creek Spartina alterniflora panne
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ017—Hudson
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ003—Bergen County, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rich Shaw, Edwin Muniez, Hermine Huot, Marissa Theve
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Sulfihemists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westbrook
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Sulfihemists
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: herbaceous organic material over alluvium over herbaceous organic material
  • Landscape: estuary
  • Landform: marsh, salt marsh
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: very brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • Wetland Information:
  • Cowardin Wetland System - estuarine
  • Cowardin Wetland Subsystem - intertidal

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/30/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Rich Shaw, Edwin Muniz, Hermine Huot, Marissa Theve
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Tidal Period - low
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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    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

    Oe

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    Oab

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    Oase

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    Oese

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    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 %

    Oe

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    Oab

    C'seg

    Oase

    Oa1

    Oa2

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

    sulfidic materials

    hemic soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    sapric soil materials

    sapric soil materials

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    0—184

    49—78

    102—184

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    —29—

    —82—
    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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    Oe—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) rubbed mucky peat; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter.; saturation when described; observed in pit, small
    Cseg1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) broken face mucky silt loam; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; very fluid; many fine roots throughout; fragments; slight sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter.; saturation when described; observed in pit, small
    Cseg2—18 to 44 centimeters (7.1 to 17.3 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) broken face mucky silt loam; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately fluid; fragments; slight sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter.; saturation when described; observed in pit, small
    Cseg3—44 to 49 centimeters (17.3 to 19.3 inches); black (N 2.5/), broken face mucky fine sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; slightly fluid; fragments; slight sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter.; saturation when described; observed in pit, small
    Oab—49 to 78 centimeters (19.3 to 30.7 inches); 5GY 2.5/ (5GY 2.5/), broken face and 5GY 2.5/ (5GY 2.5/), crushed and 5GY 2.5/ (5GY 2.5/), rubbed muck; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very fluid; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter.; saturation when described; observed in pit, small
    C'seg—78 to 102 centimeters (30.7 to 40.2 inches); black (N 2.5/), broken face and black (N 2.5/), crushed and black (N 2.5/), rubbed mucky silt loam; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; slightly fluid; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter.; saturation when described; observed in pit, small
    Oase—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); 10Y 2.5/ (10Y 2.5/), broken face and 10Y 2.5/ (10Y 2.5/), crushed and black (N 2.5/), rubbed muck; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; slightly fluid; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter.; saturation when described; observed in macaulay sampler
    Oa1—119 to 148 centimeters (46.9 to 58.3 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) broken face and black (2.5Y 2.5/1) crushed and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) rubbed muck; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; slightly fluid; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter.; saturation when described; observed in macaulay sampler
    Oa2—148 to 167 centimeters (58.3 to 65.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) rubbed muck; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; slightly fluid; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter.; saturation when described; observed in macaulay sampler
    Oese—167 to 184 centimeters (65.7 to 72.4 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) broken face and very dark gray (5Y 3/1) crushed and very dark gray (5Y 3/1) rubbed mucky peat; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; slightly fluid; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter.; saturation when described; observed in macaulay sampler