IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Downer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993NJ005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1993NJ005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0197
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66385
  • 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: 39.8040278
  • Std. Longitude: -74.7368250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.1 MILES NORTH OF STATE ROUTE 541 AND STATE ROUTE 206; 0.06 MILE EAST OF STATE ROUTE 206 IN CULTIVATED FIELD.
  • Map Unit: SaeA—Sassafras fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ005—Burlington
  • MLRA: 149A—Northern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ005—Burlington County, New Jersey
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39074-G6—Indian Mills, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Downer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/20/2015
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SASSAFRAS
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous Typic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/30/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bt

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    C1

    C2

    0

    27

    55

    67

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—27

    27—55

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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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    31

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    Ap—0 to 27 centimeters (0.0 to 10.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; 15 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01227
    Bt—27 to 55 centimeters (10.6 to 21.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; distinct clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01228. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060856; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060856
    BC—55 to 67 centimeters (21.7 to 26.4 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) loamy sand; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01229. patchy - phpvsfiid 1060857; patchy - phpvsfiid 1060857
    C1—67 to 79 centimeters (26.4 to 31.1 inches); 75 percent yellow (10YR 7/8) and 25 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sand; 3 percent clay; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01230
    C2—79 to 170 centimeters (31.1 to 66.9 inches); 75 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and 25 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) sand; 3 percent clay; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P01231
    C3—170 to 239 centimeters (66.9 to 94.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; , 2 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 5-15-20 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method and 3 percent by volume , 5 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # 94P01232
    C4—239 to 317 centimeters (94.1 to 124.8 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) sand; 3 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method and 5 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 5-15-20 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # 94P01233
    C5—317 to 334 centimeters (124.8 to 131.5 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) very gravelly sand; , 24 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter quartzite fragments and , 3 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 20-50-75 millimeter quartzite fragments and 10 percent by volume , 10 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments. Lab sample # 94P01234