IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Downer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958NJ009001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958NJ009001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958NJ009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0327
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32855
  • 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: 38.9912222
  • Std. Longitude: -74.9379500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Cape May County, New Jersey. Approximately 1-1/2 miles west of Bennett where two generally westward roads fork and intersect a generally north-south road; the one western road swinging northward in a short distance; in woods northwest of the intersection, about 100 feet in the woods.
  • Map Unit: HbmdB—Hammonton loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, Northern Tidewater Area
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ009—Cape May
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ009—Cape May County, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G.A. Quakenbush
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Downer
  • PSC - 63 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/25/2015
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Downer
  • PSC - 53 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat, knoll, fluviomarine terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/21/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    CARYA

    CORNU

    ILEX

    QUERC

    Carya

    Cornus

    Ilex

    Quercus

    hybrid hickory

    dogwood

    holly

    oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    10—58

    63—91

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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

    0

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    2.7

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    270

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    Oe1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A02408. Not sampled; last year's leaves, hardwoods, mostly oak.
    Oe2—7 to 10 centimeters (2.8 to 3.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A02409. Not sampled; dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) decayed organic matter, aggregated and matted by roots, containing a sprinkling of sand grains.
    A—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy sand; single grain; friable; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02410
    E—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02411
    EB—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02412. Noticeably vesicular; the redder hue goes with the firmer soil; 80 percent firm in place.
    Bw—58 to 63 centimeters (22.8 to 24.8 inches); 90 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly sticky; vesicular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02413. About 90 percent firm in place.
    Bt1—63 to 81 centimeters (24.8 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay bridges on sand and gravel; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02414. Occasional quartz pebble; occasional irregular-shaped firm lumps over an inch in diameter; no coats on pebbles.
    2Bt2—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02415
    3C1—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02416. Occasional pebbles.
    3C2—107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02417