IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Broadkill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2019NJ029008
  • User Pedon ID: S2019NJ029008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2019NJ029008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 19N0337
  • User Project ID: 21-22-ham-CZSS
  • Project Name: MLRA 149A - 153D - CZSS - National Coastal Blue Carbon Assessment (NCBCA) Project
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 39.5180933
  • Std. Longitude: -74.3198346
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - PDOP: 2
  • Location Description: Located in an Appoquinimink-Transquaking-Mispillion complex mapunit in Ocean County, New Jersey. This site is located near Tuckerton, NJ off of Great Bay Boulevard. Approxiately 4,736 feet east of the Fish Factory located in Great Bay, located approximately 176 feet west of Great Bay Boulevard, and approximately 3,530 feet northeast of the Rutgers Marine Field Station.
  • Map Unit: AptAv—Appoquinimink-Transquaking-Mispillion complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, very frequently flooded
  • 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-E3—Tuckerton, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David Steinmann
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Typic Sulfaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Spreadsheet
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Broadkill
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/5/2022
  • Classifier - David Steinmann
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mispillion
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Sulfisaprists
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 0 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2019
  • Classifier - Rob Tusntead
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • Subaqueous Soils Information:
  • SAS Pipe Length External - 16
  • SAS Pipe Length Unfilled - 87
  • SAS Core Settlement - 71
  • SAS Core Length - 229
  • SAS Core Storage Site - Cap May PMC
  • SAS Exposure Begin - 4/18/2019
  • SAS Exposure End - 4/18/2019


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: herbaceous organic material and/or fine-silty estuarine deposits
  • Landscape: estuary on coastal plain
  • Landform: salt marsh
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: very frequent flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): NASIS Site Name (MLRA03_Raleigh) and NASIS Group Name (3-HAM Hammonton, NJ MSSO) was transferred to (MLRA12_Amherst) and (NE-HAM Hammonton, NJ MSSO) respectively to align with the new USDA-NRCS SPSD Regional Office boundaries. The MLRA12-Amherst NASIS Site will eventually be renamed as the Northeast NASIS Site.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/4/2019 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: David Steinmann and Rob Tunstead
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Water Depth: 51
  • 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
  • Tidal Period - outgoing
  • Water Properties:
  • Water Salinity - Upper - 29
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oise

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    Oase

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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

    Oise

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    Cseg5

    Cseg6

    Cseg7

    Cseg8

    Cseg9

    Oase

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    17

    29

    44

    55

    66

    76

    106

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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 %

    Oise

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    Cseg8

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    Oase

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

    fibric soil materials

    aquic conditions

    sulfidic materials

    n value > 0.7

    sapric soil materials

    0—17

    0—220

    0—220

    44—176

    176—209

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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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    NJ8899

    TUCKERTON 2 NE

    WETS
    Oise—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); 50 percent dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) and 50 percent black (2.5Y 2.5/1) peat; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; fragments; none odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 19N02499; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cseg1—17 to 29 centimeters (6.7 to 11.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) clay loam; many very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; fragments; none odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH indicator solutions; clear boundary. Lab sample # 19N02500; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cseg2—29 to 44 centimeters (11.4 to 17.3 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; structureless massive; slightly sticky, moderately plastic; slightly fluid; few fine roots throughout; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions; clear boundary. Lab sample # 19N02501; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cseg3—44 to 55 centimeters (17.3 to 21.7 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) mucky silty clay; structureless massive; slightly sticky, moderately plastic; very fluid; few very fine roots throughout; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH indicator solutions; clear boundary. Lab sample # 19N02502; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cseg4—55 to 66 centimeters (21.7 to 26.0 inches); dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) silty clay; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 19N02503; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cseg5—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) silty clay; structureless massive; very sticky, moderately plastic; very fluid; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 19N02504; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cseg6—76 to 106 centimeters (29.9 to 41.7 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) silty clay; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH indicator solutions; clear boundary. Lab sample # 19N02505; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cseg7—106 to 135 centimeters (41.7 to 53.1 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) silty clay; structureless massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very fluid; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 19N02506; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cseg8—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) silty clay; structureless massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very fluid; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; clear boundary. Lab sample # 19N02507; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cseg9—160 to 176 centimeters (63.0 to 69.3 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; structureless massive; moderately sticky, slightly plastic; very fluid; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH indicator solutions; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 19N02508; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Oase—176 to 209 centimeters (69.3 to 82.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) muck; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.3, pH indicator solutions; clear boundary. Lab sample # 19N02509; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube. Former Atlantic White Cedar swamp materials from a former freshwater swamp.
    C'seg1—209 to 220 centimeters (82.3 to 86.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; structureless massive; slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately fluid; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 19N02510; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube