LOCATION ELSINBORO DE+MD NC VA
Established Series
SYD-DAS-PSK/Rev. MDJ
12/2012
ELSINBORO SERIES
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Elsinboro silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes in an abandoned nursery. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise indicated.)
Ap1--0 to 5 cm (0 to 2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; many very fine and medium roots throughout; 2 percent subrounded quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary.
Ap2--5 to 28 cm (2 to 11 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure parting to moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; few fine and medium and many very fine roots throughout; 2 percent subrounded quartz fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the A horizon is 15 to 30 centimeters (6 to 12 inches))
Bt1--28 to 51 cm (11 to 20 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate coarse and very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; many fine and very fine roots throughout; few medium and coarse tubular pores throughout; 20 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent subrounded quartz fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary.
Bt2--51 to 74 cm (20 to 29 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; many fine and very fine roots throughout; few medium and coarse tubular pores throughout; 15 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent subrounded quartz fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5 clear smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 41 to 91 centimeters (16 to 36 inches))
BCt--74 to 114 cm (29 to 45 inches); 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 20 percent black (N 2/0), and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the BC horizon is 0 to 51 centimeters (0 to 20 inches))
CB--114 to 173 cm (45 to 68 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; slightly acid, pH 6.1. (Combined thickness of the CB horizon is 0 to 76 centimeters (0 to 30 inches))
C--173 to 180 cm (68 to 71 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8 and 7.5YR 5/6), brown (10YR 5/3) and black (N 2/) stratified fine sandy loam; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent fine mica flakes; slightly acid, pH 6.3.
TYPE LOCATION:
State: Delaware
County: New Castle
USGS Topographic Quadrangle: Newark East
Latitude: 39.664694 N (NAD 83)
Longitude: 75.744611 W (NAD 83)
Directions to Pedon: from the intersection of Farm Lane and Sincock Lane, 1650 feet south on Sincock Lane to a farm lane, 580 feet east of Sincock Lane to site on the University of Delaware Dairy Research farm;
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the top of the Argillic: 13 to 46 cm (5 to 18 inches)
Depth to the base of the Argillic: 66 to 127 cm (26 to 50 inches)
Argillic Thickness: 43 to 91 cm (17 to 36 inches)
Solum thickness: 71 to 127 cm (28 to 50 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 183 cm (72 inches)
Rock Fragment Content: 0 to 25 percent fine gravels to cobbles throughout the profile.
Soil Reaction: very strongly acid to neutral, except where limed
Content of Mica: 0 to 40 percent mica throughout the profile
Range of Individual Horizons:
A (if it occurs) or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 to 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam or silt loam
E horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 to 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam or silt loam
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 2.5YR, value of 3 to 7, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-loam, silt loam, silty clay loam or clay loam
Sandy clay loam is limited to 2Bt where present. The B horizon can have abrupt textural changes as a result of stratification.
BC or CB horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam or sandy clay loam
C or 2C horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, clay loam, silt loam or silty clay loam. It can be similar to or contrasting with the solum. Where contrasting, it is usually more gravelly in the solum.
COMPETING SERIES:
Albemarle soils have bedrock at a depth of more than 150 cm.
Allegheny soils weathered from sedimentary rocks.
Allenwood soils formed in glacial till.
Arendtsville soils formed from residuum from fanglomerate.
Cades soils formed in alluvium derived from metasedimentary rocks.
Cardova soils are moderately deep to bedrock.
Chester soils formed in residuum.
Chetwynd soils have thicker sola.
Clifftop soils are moderately deep to bedrock.
Drapermill soils formed in residuum and are moderately deep.
Eubanks soils formed in residuum.
Ezel soils form in old alluvium from Pennsylvanian Age sedimentary rocks.
Frankstown soils formed in residuum.
Gilwood soils formed in residdum and are moderately deep.
Glenelg soils formed in residuum.
Happyland soils formed in residuum on upland landforms, i.e. summits, shoulders,
Leck Kill soils formed in residuum.
Lonon soils are redder in the subsoil.
Meadowville soils have sola that are greater than 100 cm.
Milldraper soils are moderately deep to bedrock.
Murrill soils formed in colluvium mainly from sandstone, shale, with some limestone.
Nixon soils formed in old alluvium from red shale and siliceous Coastal Plain sediments.
Queponco soils form in Coastal Plain sediments.
Reybold soils form in Coastal Plain sediments.
Rhodhiss soils form in residuum on summits, shoulders and backslopes.
Shouns soils form in colluvium from sandstone, siltstone and shale.
Tate soils form in colluvium.
Ungers soils form in residuum from red sandstones and shales.
Whiteford soils formed in residuum from slate and phyllite.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
MLRA(s): 130, 148, 149A
Depth Class: Very Deep
Landscape: Piedmont, Blue Ridge, Coastal Plain
Landform: Stream Terrace
Geomorphic Component: Tread
Hillslope Profile Position: Summits, shoulders and backslopes
Parent Material: Loamy mica bearing alluviuml
Slope: 0 to 15 percent
Elevation: 18 to 853 meters (60 to 2800 feet)
Frost-free period: 170 to 240 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 9 to 14 degrees C (48 to 57 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 940 to 1321 millimeters (37 to 52 inches)
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Baile soils--fine-loamy particle-size class, poorly drained, formed from local alluvium or colluvium, on upland depressions and footslopes
Chester--fine-loamy particle-size class, well drained, formed from weathered micaceous schist
Delanco-fine-loamy particle size class, moderately well drained, on lower landforms
Glenelg-fine-loamy particle-size class, well drained, formed from weathered micaceous schist
Kinkora-fine particle-size class, poorly drained, on lower landforms
Matapeake-fine-silty particle-size class, well drained, formed from silty eolian deposits over fluviomarine sediments
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Well Drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Very Deep
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible to Medium
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class: Moderately High
Permeability Class (obsolete): Moderate
Shrink-swell Potential: Moderate
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Dominant land uses are agriculture and urban development
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--major crops are grains, hay or pasture. Where wooded--native vegetation consist of maple, oaks, poplar, hickory and beech.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and possibly in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Extent: Moderate
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1936.
REMARKS:
The following changes have been made:
1) Type location moved from Cecil County, MD to New Castle County, DE
2) Revisions to formatting and data consistency with NASIS.
3) Revisions made to include NASIS information and laboratory data
Previous Revision: 01/2006 WDC, JWB
Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 28 cm (0 to 11 inches) (Ap horizon)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 28 to 74 cm (11 to 29 inches) (Bt horizons)
Series control section--the zone from 0 to 150 cm (0 to 60 inches)
ADDITIONAL DATA: Characterization data is available from the NSSL for the following pedons: S08DE003001. University of Maryland, College Park Campus Particle Size Analysis samples S04MD005-001.
Typical OSD User Pedon ID is 08DE003001_Elsinboro
Usersite ID for this pedon is S08DE003001
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.