IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Matapeake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988DE003001
  • User Pedon ID: 88DE003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0541
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60659
  • 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: 39.4716682
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6583328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: New Castle County, DE; Middletown Quad; Soil Survey Map Sheet number 38.
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE003—New Castle
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.A. Rebertus and Doyle Brown
  • 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 Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 38 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1988 (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
    • 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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    1A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02714. many roots
    1E—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02715. common roots
    1Bt1—38 to 89 centimeters (15.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint and 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine faint and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02716. Base saturation sample of 38-89 cm sample number 88P2722.; few fine faint 10YR66 mottles; few fine faint 10YR64 mottles; few fine faint 7.5YR56 mottles
    1Bt2—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02717. few medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; few fine faint 10YR64 mottles
    2BC—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior gravelly loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02718
    3C1—130 to 150 centimeters (51.2 to 59.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; massive; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02719
    3C2—150 to 173 centimeters (59.1 to 68.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; 11 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02720. common fine distinct 10YR64 mottles
    3C3—173 to 183 centimeters (68.1 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 88P02721