IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Matapeake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985DE003001
  • User Pedon ID: 85DE003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0271
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58076
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 39.4575005
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7402802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 90 feet SW of DPL pole 43140-32867, SW side of County Rd 437, 8/10 mi NW of intersection w/ US 301 NW of Middletown
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE003—New Castle
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. L. Hall and L. A. Quandt
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Matapeake
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01562. many fine and medium roots
    1BE—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 continuous tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01563. common fine roots
    1Bt1—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 continuous tubular pores; 55 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01564. About 1% fine rounded pebbles.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 220146; continuous - phpvsfiid 220146
    1Bt2—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 55 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01565. About 1% fine rounded pebbles.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 220147; continuous - phpvsfiid 220147
    1Bt3—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01566. About 5% fine rounded pebbles.; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few faint 10YR53 mottles
    2C1—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01567. 1 to 4 inch lenses of dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravely sandy loam.
    2C2—119 to 183 centimeters (46.9 to 72.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior loamy sand; single grain; loose, very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 86P01568. About 10% fine rounded pebbles.