IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Matapeake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957NJ021001
  • User Pedon ID: S1957NJ021001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957NJ021001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0342
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32870
  • 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: 40.2844429
  • Std. Longitude: -74.5599976
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Mercer County, New Jersey. Barclay woodlot. 1-1/2 miles west of Hightstown on Princeton-Hightstown Road. 100 feet from east edge of woodlot and 50 feet in from north side of road.
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ021—Mercer
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ021—Mercer County, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K.P. Wilson, G.A. Quakenbush, E.J. Pedersen, S.E. Davidson, and N.A. Willits.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Matapeake
  • PSC - 41 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/29/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/29/1957 (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

    CARYA

    CORNU

    QUAL

    VIBUR

    Carya

    Cornus

    Quercus alba

    Viburnum

    hybrid hickory

    dogwood

    white oak

    viburnum

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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

    2

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A02525. not sampled.
    O21—5 to 9 centimeters (2.0 to 3.5 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A02526. not sampled.
    O22—9 to 10 centimeters (3.5 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2); weak fine granular structure; fine to coarse roots top of horizon; fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A02527. Not sampled; silty organic matter; porous; A1 and A2 somewhat mised in by earth fauna.
    A1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; fine white (5YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments and 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A02528. Dark stained; dusted with fine particles of quartz; larger, rounded grains are frosted but uncoated; no dark minerals.
    A2—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; organic stains throughout; 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments and 1 percent by volume rounded unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02529
    B1—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; clay bridges on sand and gravel and coats on sand and gravel and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; fine white (5YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02530. mica oriented on ped faces.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183606; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183606
    B21t—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent red (10R 5/6) fine and medium faint mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds and 3 percent clay bridges; white (5YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02531. continuous - phpvsfiid 183607; continuous - phpvsfiid 183607
    B22t—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds; white (5YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02532. When dry, 0.1 mm shrinkage cracks appear; 1 percent glossy, hard, dark grains; small spots of white clay (decayed feldspar of chert); roots in peds and along faces; some chert.; continuous - phpvsfiid 183609; continuous - phpvsfiid 183609
    B3t—74 to 84 centimeters (29.1 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loam; 1 percent fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 3.0 fine roots; clay films; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02533. Less shrinkage than B22t; 1 to 2 percent dark grains; many chert pebbles an decayed fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183577; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183577
    IIC—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; 3 percent medium faint mottles; massive; loose; 0.1 fine roots; manganese or iron-manganese stains and oxide coats; fine white (5YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02534