IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keyport
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NJ033014
  • User Pedon ID: 92NJ033014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992NJ033014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0257
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65601
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 39.5783348
  • Std. Longitude: -75.3850021
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.7 miles east of the intersection of the Seashore Lines and Acton Station Road. .2 mile south of the Seashore Lines in woods.
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ033—Salem
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ033—Salem County, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lenore Matula
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keyport
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed Aquic Hapludults
  • PSC - 24 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/2/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Microfeature: tree-tip mound
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/2/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FAGUS

    QUERC

    Fagus

    Quercus

    beech

    oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—7

    27—56

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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

    3

    300

    20

    20

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    45

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 93P02111
    A—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak very fine and fine granular structure; hard, friable, very weak, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02112
    E—10 to 27 centimeters (3.9 to 10.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderate, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02113. continuous - phpvsfiid 193244; continuous - phpvsfiid 193244
    Bt1—27 to 53 centimeters (10.6 to 20.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) interior silty clay; 45 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, strong, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02114. continuous - phpvsfiid 193251; continuous - phpvsfiid 193251
    Bt2—53 to 73 centimeters (20.9 to 28.7 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior clay; 60 percent clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, strong, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02115. continuous - phpvsfiid 179043; continuous - phpvsfiid 179043
    Bt3—73 to 97 centimeters (28.7 to 38.2 inches); 75 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay; 45 percent clay; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm, very strong, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02116. continuous - phpvsfiid 179044; continuous - phpvsfiid 179044
    Bt4—97 to 148 centimeters (38.2 to 58.3 inches); 75 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm, very strong, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 93P02117. continuous - phpvsfiid 179045; continuous - phpvsfiid 179045
    C1—148 to 212 centimeters (58.3 to 83.5 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 93P02118
    C2—212 to 241 centimeters (83.5 to 94.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 93P02119
    C3—241 to 253 centimeters (94.9 to 99.6 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) silty clay; 45 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 93P02120
    C4—253 to 273 centimeters (99.6 to 107.5 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay; 45 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 93P02121
    C5—273 to 298 centimeters (107.5 to 117.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; 45 percent clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine prominent mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 93P02122
    C6—298 to 318 centimeters (117.3 to 125.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium prominent mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 93P02123