IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MATAPEAKE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957DE001003
  • User Pedon ID: S1957DE001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4175
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40365
  • 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: 39.1672478
  • Std. Longitude: -75.4921265
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: State Route 345, one mile east of Dover, on the Ernest Zimmerman Farm at Pole No. 64
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE001—Kent
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: DE001—Kent County, Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MATAPEAKE
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AHP 20-25
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31864
    A3—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31865
    B1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31866
    B21t—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31867. patchy - phpvsfiid 199362; patchy - phpvsfiid 199362
    B22t—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31868
    B23t—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31869. patchy - phpvsfiid 199370; patchy - phpvsfiid 199370
    C1—97 to 135 centimeters (38.2 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; gray (10YR 5/1) mottles; single grain; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31870
    2C2—135 to 145 centimeters (53.1 to 57.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy fine sand; very fine granular structure; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31871