IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Downer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993NJ005002
  • User Pedon ID: S1993NJ005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0198
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66386
  • 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: 39.8072222
  • Std. Longitude: -74.7333333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.37 MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 541 AND STATE ROUTE 206; 0.18 MILES EAST OF STATE ROUTE 206 IN WOODED AREA.
  • Map Unit: SaeA—Sassafras fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ005—Burlington
  • 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, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Downer
  • PSC - 10 to 50 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/23/2015
  • 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, mesic 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 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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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 %

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
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    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

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    15—65

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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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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fine sandy loam; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01236
    E—5 to 9 centimeters (2.0 to 3.5 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots between peds; 0.5 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; faint between sand grains; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01237
    A—5 to 9 centimeters (2.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots between peds; 0.5 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; faint between sand grains; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01237
    Bh—9 to 15 centimeters (3.5 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face fine sandy loam; 17 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots between peds; 0.5 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; faint between sand grains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01238
    Bt1—15 to 26 centimeters (5.9 to 10.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face fine sandy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine to coarse roots between peds; 0.5 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01239. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060861; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060861
    Bt2—26 to 40 centimeters (10.2 to 15.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face fine sandy loam; 20 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine to coarse roots between peds; 0.5 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01240. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060862; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060862
    Bt3—40 to 65 centimeters (15.7 to 25.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face fine sandy loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine to coarse roots between peds; 0.5 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01241. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060863; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1060863
    BC—65 to 76 centimeters (25.6 to 29.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) broken face fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 0.5 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01242. patchy - phpvsfiid 1060864; patchy - phpvsfiid 1060864
    C—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); sand; 5 percent clay; 0.5 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; faint between sand grains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01243
    2C—94 to 155 centimeters (37.0 to 61.0 inches); gravelly loam; 16 percent clay; 0.5 low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; faint between sand grains; , 22 percent by weight nonflat rounded indurated 5-15-20 millimeter quartz fragments observed by weighed method and , 5 percent by weight nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P01244
    3C1—155 to 285 centimeters (61.0 to 112.2 inches); coarse sand; , 9 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method and , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 5-15-20 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # 94P01245
    3C2—285 to 325 centimeters (112.2 to 128.0 inches); coarse sand; , 5 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method and , 1 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 5-15-20 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # 94P01246