IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Downer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958NJ009002
  • User Pedon ID: S1958NJ009002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958NJ009002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0328
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32856
  • 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: 39.0938873
  • Std. Longitude: -74.8738861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Cape May County, New Jersey. One mile north of Dias Creek, eastward from county highway 47 about 200 yards on Hand Avenue, in woods on north side of Hand Avenue, in southwest corner of the woods about 100 feet from the field and 100 feet from the road.
  • Map Unit: BEXAS—Berryland and Mullica soils, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • 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 Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Downer
  • PSC - 48 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/2014
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Downer
  • PSC - 48 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/21/1958 (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

    CORNU

    QUAL

    QUVE

    Cornus

    Quercus alba

    Quercus velutina

    dogwood

    white oak

    black oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    48—94

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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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    Oe1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); fragments. not sampled.
    Oe2—9 to 10 centimeters (3.5 to 3.9 inches); fragments. not sampled.
    Ap1—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loamy sand; single grain parts to weak fine and medium granular; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02418. composite sample Ap1 and Ap2.
    Ap2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02418. Composite sample Ap1 and Ap2.
    2E—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02419. Friable.
    2B—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02420
    2Bt1—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02421. Scattered small firm brittle fragments.
    2Bt2—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02422. Approximately 20 percent of the whole, which are firm and brittle.
    2C—104 centimeters (40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02423