IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Downer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992DE001003
  • User Pedon ID: S1992DE001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0272
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65615
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 39.2166672
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6280594
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Delaware State College Forage Farm; F.F.A. Land Judging, practice pit.
  • Map Unit: SlB—Sassafras loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE001—Kent
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: DE001—Kent County, Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.D. Luzader, G.P. Demas
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Downer
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2014
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sassafras
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/11/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/11/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02207
    E—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02208
    Bt1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1061066; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1061066
    Bt2—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots throughout; 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02208. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1061067; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1061067
    Bt3—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02209. patchy - phpvsfiid 1061065; patchy - phpvsfiid 1061065
    BC—99 to 112 centimeters (39.0 to 44.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) loamy sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog.
    C1—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    C2—140 to 157 centimeters (55.1 to 61.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loamy sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog.