IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hammonton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010NJ011004
  • User Pedon ID: S2010NJ011004
  • User Site Association ID: 3-HAM Benchmark Sampling MLRA Project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1319
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43255
  • 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: 39.2208333
  • Std. Longitude: -74.9644444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: This was a benchmark sampling site location within Cumberland County just west of Route 47 in the town of Maurice River. Sampling site was south of the State Prison area. 767 feet north-northwest of the intersections of Glade Road and Langley Road / New Road and 234 feet west of New Road in a forest.
  • Map Unit: HboA—Hammonton sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ011—Cumberland
  • MLRA: 153D—Northern Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ011—Cumberland County, New Jersey
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39074-B8—Heislerville, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fred Shoenagle, Susan Demas
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hammonton
  • PSC - 14 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2014
  • Classifier - Susan Demas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hammonton
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/13/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/13/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic materials

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—10

    7—10

    14—107

    62—203

    —10—

    —3—

    —93—

    —141—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    3

    —

    270

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    —

    —

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06301; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—5 to 7 centimeters (2.0 to 2.8 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06302; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—7 to 10 centimeters (2.8 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06303; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bh—10 to 14 centimeters (3.9 to 5.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06304; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—14 to 23 centimeters (5.5 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06305; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—23 to 62 centimeters (9.1 to 24.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 4.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06306; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—62 to 107 centimeters (24.4 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loamy sand; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 7 percent coarse faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses and 8 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06307; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    CB—107 to 115 centimeters (42.1 to 45.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 medium irregular pores; 30 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 35 percent coarse faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06308; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—115 to 194 centimeters (45.3 to 76.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) stratified stratified coarse sand to loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent coarse faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses and 35 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 3 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter quartzite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 5-14-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06309; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg—194 to 203 centimeters (76.4 to 79.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) sandy loam; structureless massive; firm; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses and 8 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter quartzite fragments. Lab sample # 10N06310; moist when described; observed in pit, small