IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hammonton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985MD019001
  • User Pedon ID: 85MD019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0106
  • 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: 38.6166649
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7750015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.5 mi S of Finchville (Junction of RT 313 and RT 392); 50 feet S of farm lane, 30 feet E of RT 313.
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD019—Dorchester
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MD019—Dorchester County, Maryland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38075-E7—Rhodesdale, Maryland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Brewer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hammonton
  • PSC - 28 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greensboro
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    ochric epipedon

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    0—0

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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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    1Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior sandy loam; 7 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 medium interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P0664. common very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    1Bt—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; 10 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; 37 percent faint , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P0665. common clay films surface features between sand grains; common very fine roots; few fine roots; few medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    1Btg—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior sandy loam; 12 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films between sand grains and 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P0666; moist when described;. Micromorphology: Thin oriented clay coats on larger mineral grains. A few true sand bridges and channels containing thin argilligans. Evidence of illuviation is limited to a few areas on the thin section.; common clay films surface features between sand grains; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; few fine roots; many coarse distinct 10YR71 mottles; common medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    1C—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) interior sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium distinct and 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P0667; moist when described;. common medium distinct 10YR63 mottles; few medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; few medium distinct 10YR71 mottles
    2Cg—104 to 117 centimeters (40.9 to 46.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; massive; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P0668. Very thin less than 2 mm iron deposists above, thru and below layers less than 5% white chert fragments; possible buried B.; common coarse prominent 5YR58 mottles
    3C—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) interior sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent and 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P0669. common medium distinct 10YR62 mottles; few medium prominent 10YR58 mottles
    4C—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) interior gravelly sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog.