LOCATION DENNISVILLE NJ
Established Series
SG-SK-CS/Rev. JAK
11/2015
DENNISVILLE SERIES
MLRA(s): 149A, 153C, 153D
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
Depth Class: Very deep
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Internal Free Water Occurance: Deep, common
Permeability: Moderately rapid in the upper subsoil and rapid in the underlying layers
Index Surface Runoff: Very low
Parent Material: Loamy and sandy marine sediments
Slope: 0 to 5 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 56 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 45 inches
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Dennisville sandy loam, on a smooth 1 percent slope, in woodland. (Colors are for moist soil.)
Oe--0 to 1 inches; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) moderately decomposed plant material (hemic); moderate fine granular structure; very friable; nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine and fine and few medium roots; many fine vesicular pores; extremely acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 2 inches thick)
A--1 to 2 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine and fine and few medium roots; many fine vesicular pores; extremely acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 2 inch thick)
E--2 to 4 inches; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine and few medium roots; many fine vesicular pores; extremely acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 3 inches thick)
Bh--4 to 5 inches; yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sandy loam; massive; friable; nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly cemented in places; common fine and few medium roots; common fine vesicular pores; extremely acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 1 inch thick)
Bt1--5 to 17 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common fine and medium roots; common fine vesicular pores; common clay bridging between sand grains; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bt2--17 to 27 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common fine and medium roots; common fine vesicular pores; common clay bridging between sand grains; 20 percent, by volume, rock fragments; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 10 to 40 inches.)
BC--27 to 32 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; few fine and medium roots; 20 percent, by volume, rock fragments; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
C1--32 to 46 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; few fine and medium roots; 25 percent, by volume, rock fragments; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
C2--46 to 50 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
C3--50 to 62 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; common large prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
C4--62 to 67 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; common medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
C5--67 to 74 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; common medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout; 30 percent, by volume, rock fragments; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Cape May County, New Jersey; about 1.4 miles west of Woodbine, New Jersey on Belle Plain-Woodbine Road (County Road 550) to entrance of Belle Plain State Forest. 1.3 miles south on Pine Swamp Road; 100 feet south of State Forest boundary and 100 feet east of road; USGS Woodbine Quadrangle; lat. 39 degrees 14 minutes 03 seconds N. and long. 74 degrees 51 minutes 29 seconds W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the base of the Argillic: 20 to 50 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 42 to 72 inches, December to May
Depth to Layers With More Than 15 Percent Fragments: 20 to 40 inches
Rock Fragments: 0 to 15 percent, by volume, in the A, E, Bh, and upper Bt horizons; 15 to 30 percent in the lower Bt horizon; 15 to 50 percent in the BC and upper C horizons; and 0 to 50 percent in the lower C horizon, mostly fine quartzite gravel
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid throughout the profile, unless limed
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
Oe or Oa horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 2 or 3, chroma of 1 to 3
Texture--moderately decomposed or highly decomposed plant material
A or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 2 to 4, chroma 1 to 3
Texture--loamy sand or sandy loam
E horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 to 7, chroma of 1 or 2
Texture--loamy sand or sandy loam
The Bh horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 6
Texture--loamy sand or sandy loam
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 6
Texture--sandy loam or gravelly sandy loam
BC horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy sand or sandy loam
C horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 to 8, and chroma of 3 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sand or loamy sand
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and iron accumulations in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
COMPETING SERIES:
Downer soils--have a seasonal high water table below 72 inches, have gravelly layers below 40 inches of the soil surface, on slightly higher landforms
Ingleside soils--have gravelly layers below 40 inches of the soil surface, on similar landforms
Masasnutten soils--moderately deep to lithic contact and formed in residuum weathered from sandstone
Phalanx soils--have a seasonal high water table below 72 inches and are moderately deep to petroferric contact, on slightly higher landforms
Swainton soils--have a seasonal high water table below 72 inches, on slightly higher landforms
Woodmansie soils--have a seasonal high water table below 72 inches, have a 6 inch thick or more albic horizon, on slightly higher landforms
Zepp soils--formed in colluvium weathered from sandstone, siltstone, and shale
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain uplands
Landform: Broad flats, slight depressions, and alluvial terraces
Elevation: 15 to 30 feet
Parent Material: Loamy and sandy marine sediments
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 50 to 58 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 42 to 48 inches
Frost Free Period: 180 to 200 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Downer soils--have a seasonal high water table below 72 inches, have gravelly layers below 40 inches of the soil surface, on slightly higher landforms
Fort Mott soils--have a sandy surface layer more than 20 inches thick, on slightly higher landforms
Galestown soils--have a sandy particle-size control section, on slightly higher landforms
Hammonton soils--moderately well drained with a seasonal high water table above 42 inches, on lower landscape positions
Klej soils--have a sandy particle-size control section and low chroma depletions above 42 inches, on lower landscape positions.
Swainton soils--have a seasonal high water table below 72 inches, on slightly higher landforms
Woodstown soils--have a fine-loamy particle-size control section and have a seasonal high water table above 42 inches, on lower landscape positions
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Index Surface Runoff: Very low
Internal Free Water Occurance: Deep, common
Permeability: Moderately rapid in the upper subsoil and rapid in the underlying layers
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Most areas are used for woodland, small areas have been cleared for cropland.
Dominant Vegetation: Wooded areas have an overstory of white oak, black oak, and pitch pine. Common understory species include sassafras, laurel, dogwood, shrub oak, greenbriar, American holly, and lowbush blueberry.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Coastal Plain of New Jersey; small
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Cape May County, New Jersey, 1997.
REMARKS: This soil was formerly included in the Sassafras and Downer series.
Diagnostic horizons and other diagnostic soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 1 to 2 inches (A horizon)
Albic horizon--the zone from 2 to 4 inches (E horizon)
Spodic materials--the zone from 4 to 5 inches (Bh horizon)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 5 to 27 inches (Bt1 and Bt2 horizon)
ADDITIONAL DATA:
SERIES DATA MAPUNIT:
SERIES INTERPRETATION RECORDS(s): NJ0101
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
NJ0101 DENNISVILLE 0- 5 50- 58 180-220 42- 48 15- 30
SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness
NJ0101 NONE 3.5-6.0 APPARENT DEC-MAY >60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC-
NJ0101 0- 5 LS 0- 0 90-100 3- 8 3- 6
NJ0101 0- 5 SL 0- 0 90-100 5-10 5- 10
NJ0101 5-27 GR-SL SL 0- 0 60-100 10-18 4- 8
NJ0101 27-32 GR-LS GRV-LS 0- 0 35- 75 3- 8 2- 4
NJ0101 32-74 SR S GRV-S 0- 0 35- 90 1- 5 1- 2
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll
NJ0101 0- 5 3.6- 4.4 .5-2. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
NJ0101 0- 5 3.6- 4.4 1.-3. 0- 0 2.0- 6.0 LOW
NJ0101 5-27 4.5- 5.5 .5-1. 0- 0 2.0- 6.0 LOW
NJ0101 27-32 4.5- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
NJ0101 32-74 4.5- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.