IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hurlock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016DE003001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016DE003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0277
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87457
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 39.4280980
  • Std. Longitude: -75.5737660
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - PDOP: 2
  • Location Description: This was a National Wetland Condition Assessment (NWCA16-1632) salt marsh approximately 1,459 feet to the west of Robs Island and approximately 5,268 feet north of the intersection of Cedar Swamp Road and the Dukes Farm lane that leads to the house and barnyard and approximately 2,198 feet south east of the intersection of Blackbird Creek and the mouth of Gravel Gut.
  • Map Unit: Br—Broadkill mucky peat, very frequently flooded, tidal
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Delaware
  • County: DE003—New Castle
  • MLRA: 153C—Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-HAM—Hammonton, New Jersey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: DE003—New Castle County, Delaware
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39075-D5—Taylors Bridge, Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rob Tunstead, Susan Demas, David Steinmann, Phil King
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, nonacid, mesic Aeric Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Spreadsheet
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hurlock
  • PSC - 88 to 138 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/28/2018
  • Classifier - Rob Tunstead
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hurlock Taxadjunct
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, siliceous, subactive, nonacid, mesic Aeric Endoaqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 88 to 138 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/2016
  • Classifier - Rob Tunstead, Susan Demas, David Steinmann, Phil King
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty estuarine deposits over coarse-loamy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: estuary on coastal plain
  • Landform: salt marsh
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: very frequent flooding for very brief periods
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Rob Tunstead, Susan Demas, David Steinmann, Phil King
  • Surface Water Kind: flooded
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 24
  • Tidal Period - incoming
  • Water Properties:
  • Water Temp - Upper - 21
  • Water Salinity - Upper - 7.2
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ase

    Oese

    2Ase

    2Apse

    2Eseg

    2Btse

    2BCse

    2Cseg

    0

    24

    39

    49

    66

    88

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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

    Ase

    Oese

    2Ase

    2Apse

    2Eseg

    2Btse

    2BCse

    2Cseg

    0

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    39

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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 %

    Ase

    Oese

    2Ase

    2Apse

    2Eseg

    2Btse

    2BCse

    2Cseg

    0

    24

    39

    49

    66

    88

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

    ochric epipedon

    sulfidic materials

    n value > 0.7

    hemic soil materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    albic horizon

    n value > 0.7

    argillic horizon

    0—88

    0—209

    0—24

    24—39

    39—209

    66—88

    66—88

    88—141

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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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    1087

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    233

    12.4

    23.5

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    DE781

    WILMINGTON NEW CASTLE CO AP

    WETS
    Ase—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silty clay; 25 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable; moderately fluid; many very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; fragments; slight sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N01582; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oese—24 to 39 centimeters (9.4 to 15.4 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) mucky peat; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; fragments; slight sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N01583; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Ase—39 to 49 centimeters (15.4 to 19.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; mucky loam; structureless massive; very friable; moderately fluid; many very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N01584; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Apse—49 to 66 centimeters (19.3 to 26.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; structureless massive; very friable; slightly fluid; many very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, iron depletions throughout; 2 percent fine distinct noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, ferromagnesian minerals throughout; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N01585; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Eseg—66 to 88 centimeters (26.0 to 34.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; 54 percent sand; 12 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable; moderately fluid; common very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 20 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, ferromagnesian minerals throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded ? to 15-? millimeter quartzite fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N01586; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Btse—88 to 141 centimeters (34.6 to 55.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; loam; 18 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 25 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded ? to 15-? millimeter quartzite fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; neutral, pH 6.6, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N01587; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2BCse—141 to 183 centimeters (55.5 to 72.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; few very fine roots throughout; 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, ferromagnesian minerals throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded ? to 10-? millimeter quartzite fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N01588; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2Cseg—183 to 209 centimeters (72.0 to 82.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; 12 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded ? to 10-? millimeter quartzite fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; neutral, pH 6.6, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 17N01589; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket