IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Matapeake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957NJ023002
  • User Pedon ID: S1957NJ023002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0346
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32874
  • 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: 40.3727760
  • Std. Longitude: -74.4902802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Middlesex County, New Jersey. Charles Holston field. 1 mile east of Dayton, field south of barn about 150 feet and about 40 feet from woods where S57-12-1 taken. About 200 feet from east corner of woods.
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ023—Middlesex
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ023—Middlesex County, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K.P. Wilson, E.J. Pedersen, S.E. Davidson, and N.A. Willits.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Matapeake
  • PSC - 30 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/2015
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mattapex
  • PSC - 30 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/26/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/26/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    30—36

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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

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02557. Moderately permeable.
    E—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fine white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02558. Wormholes 1 to 4 inches apart and roots pass through this easily; no evidence of roots following plates; little shrinkage and cracking; rounded frosted quartz grains of .02 mm size dusted with fine angular quartz silt and very fine sand; about 1 percent glossy, hard dark mineral.
    Bt1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; clay films; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02559. Clay and organic movement along root channels; pores more dense than A2; the 1 mm quartz grains are rounded and frosted.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1351427; continuous - phpvsfiid 1351427
    Bt2—48 to 56 centimeters (18.9 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak subangular blocky structure; friable; brittle; 3.0 fine roots; clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02560. Clay flows along vertical fractures.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1351431; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1351431
    BC—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky; clay films on faces of peds and clay films on rock fragments and clay bridges; fine white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A02561. 2 percent glossy, hard, dark mineral grains.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1351432; patchy - phpvsfiid 1351432
    2C1—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) very gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; friable; clay bridges on sand and gravel and clay films on sand and gravel and 1 percent oxide coats on sand and gravel; 2 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02562. 5 percent dark grains; a few decayed chert fragments.
    2C2—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) very gravelly sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02563