LOCATION GALLOWAY NJ+DE MD
Established Series
SG-SK-CS/Rev. JAK
11/2015
GALLOWAY SERIES
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mesic, coated Aquic Quartzipsamments
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
DEPTH CLASS: Very deep
DRAINAGE CLASS: Moderately well drained
SURFACE RUNOFF: Very slow
PERMEABILITY: Rapid or very rapid
PARENT MATERIAL: Sandy, unconsolidated marine sediments
SLOPE: 0 to 5 percent
MEAN ANNUAL AIR TEMPERATURE (type location): 55 degrees F.
MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION (type location): 45 inches
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mesic, coated Aquic Quartzipsamments
TYPICAL PEDON: Galloway loamy sand--cultivated (Colors are for moist soil.)
Ap--0 to 9 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; single grain; loose; many fine roots; slightly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (2 to 9 inches thick)
Bw1--9 to 28 inches; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; few fine faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) irregularly shaped iron accumulations with diffuse boundaries throughout; many sand grains coated with silt and clay; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. (20 to 45 inches thick)
Cg1--28 to 58 inches; white (2.5Y 8/2) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; common medium prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) irregularly shaped iron accumulations with clear boundaries throughout; 20 percent, by volume, fine quartzite gravel; very strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
Cg2--58 to 72 inches; white (2.5Y 8/1) sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent, by volume, fine quartzite gravel; extremely acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Cumberland County, New Jersey; about 0.1 mile south of the intersection of Ackley Road and Buckshutem Road, 50 feet east of the road, in a cultivated field on the Edward G. Bevan Wildlife Management Area; USGS Dividing Creek Quadrangle; lat. 39 degrees 18 minutes 48 seconds N. and long. 75 degrees 00 minutes 34 seconds W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum Thickness: 35 to 44 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 24 to 48 inches, December to April
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly throughout the profile, unless limed
Rock Fragments: 0 to 5 percent, by volume, in the O, A, E, and B horizons and 0 to 35 percent in the C horizon; mostly fine rounded quartzite gravel
Other Features: Some pedons have a thin microsequence of an A, E, and Bh horizon. Total thickness of the this sequence is less than 5 inches and individual horizons are less than 2 inches thick.
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
O horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 2 to 4, and chroma of 1 to 3
Texture--highly decomposed to slightly decomposed plant material
A or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 4
Texture--loamy sand or sand
E horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 1 to 3
Texture--loamy sand or sand
Bh horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 6
Texture--loamy sand
Bw horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 5Y, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 3 to 6.
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of gray (below a depth of 24 inches and within a depth of 40 inches) and iron accumulations in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy sand in the upper part and loamy sand or sand in the lower part
Cg horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral in hue and has value of 5 to 7
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of gray and iron accumulations in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy sand or sand
COMPETING SERIES:
Klej soils--somewhat poorly drained with low chroma depletions and a seasonal high water table at a depth of 12 to 24 inches
Majik soils--mean annual air temperature of less than 52 degrees F. and formed in sandy alluvium on stream terraces.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain uplands
Landform: Nearly level to undulating marine terraces, upland flats, or shallow depressions
Elevation: 10 to 100 feet
Parent Material: Coarse-textured, siliceous, unconsolidated sediments that have been reworked by wind in places
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 52 to 58 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 36 to 48 inches
Frost Free Period: 180 to 210 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Atsion soils--poorly drained spodosols with thicker A, E, and Bh horizons, on similar landforms
Berryland soils--very poorly drained spodosols with thicker A, E, and Bh horizons, on lower-lying landforms
Downer soils--well drained with a coarse-loamy particle-size control section, on higher-lying landforms
Evesboro soils--excessively drained with low chroma depletions and seasonal high water tables below a depth of 6.0 inches, on slightly lower-lying positions
Fallsington soils--poorly drained with a fine-loamy particle-size control section, on similar landforms
Fort Mott soils--well drained with a finer-textured loamy subsoil on higher-lying landforms
Hurlock soils--poorly drained soils with a coarse-loamy particle-size control section, on similar landforms
Galestown soils--somewhat excessively drained, on higher-lying landforms
Klej soils--somewhat poorly drained with a seasonal high water table a depth of 1 to 2 feet below the soil surface, on similar landforms
Lakehurst soils--somewhat poorly drained spodosols with thicker A, E, and Bh horizons, on similar landforms
Lakewood soils--excessively drained spodosols with thicker A, E, and Bh horizons, on higher-lying landforms
Matawan soils--moderately well drained with a coarse-loamy particle-size control section, on similar landforms
Sassafras soils--well drained soils with a fine-loamy particle-size control section, on higher-lying landforms
Woodstown soils--moderately well drained with a fine-loamy particle-size control section, on similar landforms
MAJOR USES: Cultivated crops mainly corn, soybeans, hay, and truck crops.
VEGETATION: Wooded areas are dominated by mixed oaks, sweetgum, red maple, pond pine, and loblolly pine.
DISTRIBUTION: New
Jersey, Maryland, and
Delaware, Maryland, and Delaware
EXTENT: Moderate
SERIES ESTABLISHED:
Cumberland County, New
Jersey, 1998
REMARKS: Galloway soils were previously mapped with the Klej series. Klej soils originally ranged from somewhat poorly drained to moderately well drained. The Galloway soils are established to replace the moderately well drained component of Klej soils. They are in a drainage catena of sandy soils with Klej soils (seasonal high water table at 1.0 to 2.0 feet); Galloway soils (2.0 to 4.0 feet); Runclint soils (4.0 to 6.0 feet); and Evesboro soils (greater than 6.0 feet).
Diagnostic horizons and other diagnostic soils characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the surface to 9 inches (Ap horizon).
Aquic conditions--the zone from 28 inches to a depth of 80 inches is periodically saturated (endosaturation).
SOIL INTERPRETATION RECORD(s): NJ0224
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
NJ0224 GALLOWAY 0- 5 52- 58 180-215 36- 48 10- 120
SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness
NJ0224 NONE 2.0-4.0 APPARENT DEC-APR >60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC-
NJ0224 0- 9 LS 0- 0 95-100 5-12 2- 5
NJ0224 0- 9 S 0- 0 95-100 2-10 2- 5
NJ0224 9-28 LS S 0- 0 95-100 2-12 1- 3
NJ0224 28-58 GR-S GR-LS 0- 0 55- 75 2-12 1- 3
NJ0224 58-727 S LS 0- 0 85- 95 2-10 1 - 3
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll
NJ0224 0- 9 3.6- 5.5 1.-3. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
NJ0224 0- 9 3.6- 5.5 1.-3. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
NJ0224 9-28 3.6- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
NJ0224 28-58 3.6- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
NJ0224 58-72 3.6- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.