LOCATION ADELPHIA NJ+MD
Established Series
SCK/Rev. JAK
11/2015
ADELPHIA SERIES
MLRA(s): 149A, 153C, 153D
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Moderately well drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Moderately deep and common
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
Index Surface Runoff: Low to high
Permeability: Moderate or moderately slow
Shrink-Swell Potential: Moderate
Landscape: Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Landform: Low interfluve, gentle hill, and slight depression
Geomorphic Component: Base slope
Hillslope Profile Position: Low summit, backslope, and footslope
Parent Material: Glauconite bearing eolian and/or fluviomarine deposits
Slope: 0 to 10 percent
Elevation (type location): 120 feet
Frost Free Period (type location): 195 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 56 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 44 inches
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Adelphia fine sandy loam (in an area of Adelphia fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes), cultivated. (Colors are for moist soil.)
Ap--0 to 10 inches; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) dry; weak fine granular structure; friable; many fine and medium roots; less than 5 percent, by volume glauconite pellets; strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (6 to 12 inches thick)
BA--10 to 14 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; many fine and medium roots; less than 5 percent, by volume glauconite pellets; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
Bt1--14 to 22 inches; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many fine roots; few medium distinct olive (5Y 5/3) iron depletions and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; common clay bridging between sand grains; 15 percent, by volume glauconite pellets; common flakes of mica; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.
Bt2--22 to 30 inches; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many fine roots; few medium distinct olive gray (5Y 5/2) iron depletions and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; common clay bridging between sand grains; 15 percent, by volume glauconite pellets; common flakes of mica; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 15 to 45 inches.)
Cg--30 to 80 inches; finely stratified olive gray (5Y 4/2) and dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) sandy loam and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loamy sand; loamy sand part is single grain; loose; sandy loam part is massive; friable; few fine roots; common fine distinct olive gray (5Y 4/2) iron depletions in loamy sand part; 15 percent, by volume glauconite pellets; extremely acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Burlington County, New Jersey; North Hanover Township, 1.0 mile northwest of Jacobstown; 3,500 feet north of the junction of County Roads 665 and 528; 540 feet west of County Road 665; USGS New Egypt, NJ topographic quadrangle, lat. 40 degrees 05 minutes 15 seconds N. and long. 74 degrees 35 minutes 40 seconds W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to top of Argillic horizon: 5 to 22 inches
Depth to base of Argillic horizon: 25 to 60 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 72 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 18 to 42 inches, January to April
Rock Fragments: 0 to 5 percent, by volume throughout the profile. Some pedons range to 30 percent below a depth of 40 inches.
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid, throughout the profile, unless limed
Content of Glauconite: Weighted average of 0 to 10 percent pellets in the A and E horizons, 10 to 20 percent in the B horizon, and 2 to 40 percent in the C horizon
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
O horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 2 to 4, chroma of 1 to 3
Texture--slightly decomposed to highly decomposed plant material
A or Ap horizon:
Color (moist)--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 or 4, chroma of 1 to 4
Texture-loamy fine sand, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, or silt loam
E horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 1 to 4
Texture--loamy fine sand, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, or silt loam
BA or BE horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, or silt loam
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 3 to 6
Texture-fine sandy loam, sandy loam, sandy clay loam, clay loam, or loam
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
BC horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 5Y, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 3 to 6
Texture-fine sandy loam, sandy loam, sandy clay loam, clay loam, or loam
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
BCg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5G, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 1 or 2 or is neutral with value of 4 to 8
Texture--loamy sand, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam, or is stratified with these textures
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
C horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--loamy sand, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam, or is stratified with these textures. Some pedons have clay loam or silty clay loam subhorizons.
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
Cg horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5G, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 1 or 2 or is neutral with value of 4 to 8
Texture--loamy sand, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam, or is stratified with these textures. Some pedons have clay loam or silty clay loam subhorizons.
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
COMPETING SERIES:
Bigpool soils--formed in alluvium derived from sedimentary rocks
Blairton soils--formed in residuum from gray shale and are moderately deep to hard bedrock
Cotaco soils--formed in alluvium, and colluvium derived from sandstone, siltstone, and shale
Delanco soils--formed in materials weathered from micaceous crystalline rocks
Dillard soils--formed in loamy alluvium in the Blue
Ridge Mountains
Fenwick soils--formed in residuum from sandstone, siltstone, and shale and are moderately deep to hard bedrock
Holmdel soils--have a seasonal high water table at a depth of 10 to 20 inches (somewhat poorly drained) and have 2 to 20 percent glauconite pellets in the B horizon
Trackler(T) soils--formed in colluvium and residuum from fine-grained igneous rocks
Tuscarawas soils--formed in colluvium and residuum derived from clay shale
Wharton soils--formed in residuum from sandstone, siltstone, and shale
Whiteside soils--formed in colluvium in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Woodstown soils--formed in marine sediments that do not contain glauconite
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Landform: Low interfluve, gentle hill, and slight depression
Geomorphic Component: Base slope
Hillslope Profile Position: Low summit, backslope, and footslope
Parent Material: Glauconite bearing eolian and/or fluviomarine deposits
Slope: 0 to 10 percent
Elevation: 25 to 150 feet
Frost Free Period: 180 to 210 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 52 to 57 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 40 to 48 inches
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Colemantown soils--are poorly drained, contain more glauconite, and have a fine particle-size control section; on lower lying positions
Collington soils--are well drained, with similar glauconite content; on slightly higher landforms
Freehold soils--are well drained, with lower glauconite content; on slightly higher landforms
Kresson soils--are somewhat poorly drained, contain more glauconite, and have a fine particle-size control section; on lower landforms
Pemberton soils--have sandy surface layers more than 20 inches thick, with similar glauconite contents; on slightly higher landforms
Shrewsbury soils--are poorly drained, with similar glauconite content; on lower landforms
Tinton series soils--are well drained and have sandy surface layers more than 20 inches thick, with lower glauconite content; on slightly higher landforms
Marlton soils--are moderately well drained, contain more glauconite, and have a fine particle-size control section; on lower lying positions
Wist soils-have a seasonal high water table at a depth of 40 to 72 inches (well drained); on similar landforms
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Depth Class: Very deep (greater than 72 inches) to bedrock
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Moderately well drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Moderately deep (20 to 40 inches) and common (present 3 to 6 months)
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
Index Surface Runoff: Low to high
Permeability: Moderate or moderately slow
Shrink-Swell Potential: Moderate
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Historically Corn, soybeans, small grains, hay, pasture, turf grasses, and vegetables. However, many areas are now urbanized.
Dominant Vegetation: Mixed oaks, yellow poplar, sweet gum, red maple, American beech, and American holly. Understory species include highbush blueberry, spicebush, viburnum, and greenbriar.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: The Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Extent: Moderate
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Burlington County, New Jersey, Pennsauken Creek Project, New Jersey, 1936.
REMARKS: The series description and classification was revised 6/97 to update horizon nomenclature and to add the cation-exchange activity class. Further revisions to this series in 7/99 and 2/02 include restricting the drainage class to moderately well drained and weighted average of glauconite pellets to 10 to 20 percent within the mineralogy control section. Notes collected by MLRA staff and review of previously published soil surveys in New Jersey support these changes to the series. Adelphia soils in Burlington County and Monmouth County are described in the soil surveys as predominately moderately well drained. Additional minor changes to the range in characteristics were made to allow correlation of this soil within the MLRA soil survey updates.
Diagnostic horizons and other soil characteristics recognized in this
pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the soil surface to a depth of 14 inches (Ap and BA horizons).
Argillic horizon--the zone from 14 to 30 inches (Bt1 and Bt2 horizons).
Aquic conditions--the zone from a depth of about 22 inches to 80 inches is periodically saturated (endosaturation).
ADDITIONAL DATA: None listed
Database Information:
OSD Data Mapunit ID: To be developed
Typical Pedon Data Mapunit ID: 99256
OSD User Pedon ID: To be developed
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
NJ0024 ADELPHIA 0- 10 52-57 180-210 40-48 25-150
SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness
NJ0024 NONE 1.5-3.5 APPARENT JAN-APR >72 ---
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC-
NJ0024 0-14 SL FSL SIL 0- 0 95-100 5-25 -
NJ0024 14-30 SCL L 0- 0 95-100 20-35 -
NJ0024 30-60 SR LS SL 0- 0 95-100 5-15 -
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll
NJ0024 0-14 3.6- 5.5 .5-3. 0- 0 0.6- 6.0 LOW
NJ0024 14-30 3.6- 5.5 - 0- 0 0.2- 2.0 MODERATE
NJ0024 30-60 3.6- 5.5 - 0- 0 0.6- 20 LOW
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.