LOCATION EVESBORO NJ+DE MA MDEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mesic, coated Lamellic Quartzipsamments
TYPICAL PEDON: Evesboro sand, in woodland. (Colors are for moist soil.)
Oe--0 to 2.5 cm (0 to 1 inch); black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moderately decomposed plant material; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt wavy boundary. (0 to 5 cm thick)
A1--2.5 to 5 cm (1 to 2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sand; single grain; loose; many fine roots throughout; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. (2.5 to 13 cm thick)
A2--5 to 10 cm (2 to 4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sand; single grain; loose; common fine roots throughout; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 33 cm thick)
B/E--10 to 25 cm (4 to 10 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) (B) and 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) (E) sand; single grain; loose; common fine roots throughout; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 20 cm thick)
BE1--25 to 91 cm (10 to 36 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand; single grain; loose; common fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary.
BE2--91 to 114 cm (36 to 45 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary.
BE3--114 to 157 cm (45 to 62 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of BE horizon 51 to 152 cm thick)
E and Bt1--157 to 193 cm (62 to 76 inches); about 98 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand (E); single grain; loose; about 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loamy sand lamellae (Bt) about 0.25 inch thick; massive; very friable; few faint clay bridges between sand grains; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary.
E and Bt2--193 to 244 cm (76 to 96 inches); about 97 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand (E); single grain; loose; about 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loamy sand lamellae (Bt) about 0.50 inch thick; massive; very friable; few faint clay bridges between sand grains; strongly acid, pH 5.2.
TYPE LOCATION: Cumberland County, New Jersey, 1.2 miles northwest of the junction of State Highways 49 and Carmel Road on Carmel Road (Union Lake Wildlife Management Area); USGS Millville, NJ topographical quadrangle; lat. 39 degrees 24 minutes 37.40 seconds N. and long. 75 degrees 4 minutes 30.70 seconds W. NAD83
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum Thickness: Greater than 183 cm (72 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 183 cm (72 inches)
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: Greater than 183 cm (72 inches)
Rock Fragments: 0 to 25 percent, by volume throughout the profile, mostly rounded quartzose pebbles. Layers with more than 15 percent gravel are generally less than 30 cm (l foot) thick.
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid, throughout the profile, unless limed
Other Features: Pedons in wooded areas typically have a microsequence of an A, E, and Bh horizon (micro-podzol). Total thickness of the A, E, and Bh horizons is less than 15 cm (6 inches) and individual horizons are less than 5 cm (2 inches) thick. Some pedons have a Bw horizon based on color. The soil moisture control section is not dry for more than 25 consecutive days in the 120 days following the summer solstice.
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
O horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 2 to 4, chroma of 1 to 3
Type of organic soil material--highly decomposed to slightly decomposed plant material
A horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 to 6, chroma of 1 to 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sand, fine sand or loamy sand
Ap horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR, value of 3 to 5, chroma of 2 to 4
Texture--sand or loamy sand
E horizon (or other transitional horizon):
Color--hue of 10YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 2 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sand or loamy sand, sand fraction ranges from coarse to fine.
Bh horizon (if it occurs is less than 5 cm thick):
Color--hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy sand
BE horizon (or Bw horizon, if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sand or loamy sand, sand fraction ranges from coarse to fine.
E and Bt horizon, E part:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 1 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sand or loamy sand (or fine sand analogs). Sand fraction ranges from coarse to fine.
E and Bt horizon, Bt part:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sand, loamy sand or sandy loam (or fine sand analogs). Sand fraction ranges from coarse to fine.
C or 2C horizons (if they occur):
Color--7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--coarse sand to fine sand with gravelly analogs
COMPETING SERIES:
Runclint soils--have a water table between 107 and 183 cm (42 and 72 inches) on lower landforms
Vanderlip soils--Vanderlip soils have a solum less than 183 cm (72 inches) thick, have rock fragments that are dominantly soft angular sandstone or quartzite and formed in residuum from nonacid sandstone on ridgetops and side slopes.
Windward soils--Windward soils have a solum less than 183 cm (72 inches) thick, consist of dominantly fine sands, and formed in eolian sands.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain upland
Landform: Flats, knolls, ancient dunes
Hillslope Profile Position: Summits, shoulders, and backslopes
Elevation: 3 to 137 meters (10 to 450 feet) above mean sea level
Parent Material: Sandy marine and eolian deposits. Sandy deposits range in thickness from about 1.0 to 6.0 meters and in many places contain thin lenses of finer textured material.
Slope: 0 to 40 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 11 to 14 degrees C. (52 to 58 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1016 to 1270 mm (40 to 50 inches)
Frost Free Period: 180 to 220 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Downer soils--have a coarse-loamy particle-size control section and an argillic horizon, on similar landforms
Fort Mott soils--have a loamy particle-size control section, an argillic horizon, and sandy layers less than 40 inches thick, on similar landforms
Galestown soils--are somewhat excessively drained and have an argillic horizon, on similar landforms
Klej soils--somewhat poorly drained with a seasonal high water table at 30 to 61 cm (12 to 24 inches), on lower-lying positions
Lakehurst soils--moderately well drained with a seasonal high water table at 46 to 107 cm (18 to 42 inches) and a thin spodic horizon, on lower-lying landforms
Lakewood soils--have a thin spodic horizon up to 15 cm (6 inches) thick, on similar landforms
Matawan soils--moderately well drained and have a fine-loamy particle-size control section, on lower-lying positions
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Excessively drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Very deep (None within 1.83 meters)
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: High in the subsoil and high to very high in the substratum.
Permeability (obsolete): Rapid in the subsoil and moderately rapid to very rapid in the substratum
Shrink-swell potential: Low
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Most areas are in woodland, fruit and vegetable crops, or urban land. Most area in woodland has been repeatedly cut for wood products. Where irrigated, Evesboro soils are most commonly used for production of peaches, grapes, sweet potatoes, pumpkins and melons.
Dominant Vegetation: The wooded area is predominantly black oak, white oak, red oak, yellow poplar, and chestnut oak with scattered hickories, pitch pine, Virginia Pine, loblolly pine, and scrub and blackjack oaks.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Coastal Plain of New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland
Extent: Large
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Pennsauken Creek Project, New Jersey, 1936
REMARKS: The Evesboro series is the mesic equivalent of the Lakeland series. The Bw horizonation is based on color. This layer does not constitute a cambic horizon because the texture is not very fine sand, loamy very fine sand, or finer than these textures. Evesboro series have been reclassified from mesic, coated Typic Quartzipsamments to mesic, coated Lamellic Quartzipsamments.
Diagnostic horizons and other diagnostic soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the soil surface to a depth of 10 cm (Oe, A1 and A2 horizons)
Lamellic feature--Lamellae with total thickness of less than 15 cm (6 inches) in the series control section
ADDITIONAL DATA: Data from characterization samples S58NJ-009-003, S58NJ-005-004, S58NJ-005-005, S74MD-033-001, S85MD-019-009, S86MD-019-011, S86MD-019-015, S94NJ-001-001, S94NJ-001-002 and S01MD-017-010 are available from the National Soil Survey Laboratory, Lincoln, Nebraska.
2006 OSD revision-JWB