IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Matapeake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NJ033008
  • User Pedon ID: 85NJ033008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0767
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57033
  • 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: 39.6055565
  • Std. Longitude: -75.2783356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 1/8 mi W of Daretown. David Farm 700 feet SSW of House on boundary between upper Pitstown and Pilesgrove.
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ033—Salem

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chris Smith and Dr. Douglas Wysocki
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Matapeake
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Matapeake
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04048. Pores have an occasional earthworm.; common fine roots
    4C1—20 to 213 centimeters (7.9 to 83.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior loam; massive; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 85P04058. Few faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) bands.
    1BE—25 to 40 centimeters (9.8 to 15.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04049. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots
    1Bt1—40 to 63 centimeters (15.7 to 24.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04050. A definite increase in the clay content in noted.; few fine roots
    1Bt2—63 to 75 centimeters (24.8 to 29.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04051. few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR63 mottles
    1BC—75 to 93 centimeters (29.5 to 36.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior sandy loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04052. Few gravel pebbles widely spaced at the base of BC.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features between sand grains; few fine faint 10YR66 mottles
    2CB1—93 to 107 centimeters (36.6 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04053. 3 cm thic strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) band at the top of horizon; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) band like lamellae about 1 cm thick with clay films and clay bridging within the band.
    2CB2—107 to 128 centimeters (42.1 to 50.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior loamy sand; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04054. Distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) horizontal bands with distinct clay films. Bands are thicker and closer than the horizon above.
    3C1—128 to 165 centimeters (50.4 to 65.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior loam; massive; friable; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04055. Horizontal bands of yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and a few bands of very pale brown (10YR 8/4).; few clay films surface features on faces of peds
    3C2—165 to 180 centimeters (65.0 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; massive; friable; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04056. Dark yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) horizontal bands.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds
    3C3—180 to 202 centimeters (70.9 to 79.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior silt loam; massive; friable; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04057. More distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) bands.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds
    4C2—213 to 232 centimeters (83.9 to 91.3 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior gravelly sand; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) faint and 1 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) faint mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04059. few faint 10YR46 mottles; few faint 10YR76 mottles
    4C3—232 centimeters (91.3 inches); sandy clay; massive; friable; distinct clay films between sand grains; fragments. Lab sample # 85P04060. Yellowish sandy clay with coarse sands and deeply weathered gravel.