IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wurtsboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998NJ037003
  • User Pedon ID: 98NJ037003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998NJ037003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0219
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11078
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 41.2363892
  • Std. Longitude: -74.6844406
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Wooded area. Rutgers 4-H Camp, Rt 519, Beemerville, Wantage Township, Sussex County. Access via back entrance on Neilson Road.
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ037—Sussex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ037—Sussex County, New Jersey
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41074-B6—Branchville, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Fragiudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wurtsboro
  • PSC - 31 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wurtsboro
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landform: till plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent nonflat 250- to 600-millimeter 15.00 percent nonflat 75- to 250-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/2/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    BEPO

    FAGR

    QURU

    QURU

    Betula populifolia

    Fagus grandifolia

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus rubra

    gray birch

    American beech

    northern red oak

    northern red oak

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

    fibric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    cambic horizon

    fragic soil properties

    fragipan

    0—2

    0—6

    2—4

    4—6

    6—41

    41—152

    41—152

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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

    7

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    86

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    L—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 99P01114; observed in pit, small
    Oi—4 to 6 centimeters (1.6 to 2.4 inches); peat; fragments. Lab sample # 99P01115; observed in pit, small
    Oe—6 to 8 centimeters (2.4 to 3.1 inches); mucky peat; fragments. Lab sample # 99P01116; observed in pit, small
    Oa/A—8 to 10 centimeters (3.1 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mucky fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 20-48-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01117; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 5-13-20 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 20-48-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01118; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—36 to 45 centimeters (14.2 to 17.7 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2 percent medium distinct irregular brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent by volume subrounded 20-48-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 5-13-20 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01119; observed in pit, small
    Bx1—45 to 64 centimeters (17.7 to 25.2 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; firm; brittle; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 5 percent distinct olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, clay films on rock fragments; 2 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on vertical faces of peds and 5 percent medium distinct irregular 7.5Y 6/2 (7.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-3-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 5-13-20 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01120; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 1091881; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091881
    Bx2—64 to 139 centimeters (25.2 to 54.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong medium prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 1.0 medium vesicular and 5.0 fine vesicular pores; 5 percent distinct light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), dry, clay films on rock fragments; 2 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), dry, and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent coarse distinct irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-3-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume subrounded 5-13-20 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01121; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 1091882; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091882
    Bx2—139 to 156 centimeters (54.7 to 61.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong medium prismatic structure; very firm; 1.0 medium vesicular and 5.0 fine vesicular pores; 5 percent distinct light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), dry, clay films on rock fragments; 2 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), dry, and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent coarse distinct irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-3-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume subrounded 5-13-20 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 99P01121; observed in pit, small. Separated.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091880; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091880