LOCATION GLASSBORO               NJ+DE MD

Established Series
SCK/Rev. DHK
11/2015

GLASSBORO SERIES


MLRA(s): 149A, 153C, 153D
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Somewhat poorly drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Shallow and common
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible where depressional to very high where gently sloping
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: High
Permeability (obsolete): Moderately rapid
Shrink-swell Potential: Low
Landscape: Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Landform: Flat, depression
Geomorphic Component: Rise, dip
Hillslope Profile Position: None
Parent Material: Loamy fluviomarine deposits
Slope: 0 to 5 percent
Elevation (type location): 5.5 m (18 feet)
Frost Free Period (type location): 195 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 56 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 114 cm (45 inches)

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Aeric Endoaquults

TYPICAL PEDON: Glassboro sandy loam, in an area of Woodstown-Glassboro complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, in a cultivated field. (Colors are for moist soil.)

Ap--0 to 28 cm (0 to 11 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 25 percent fine and very fine roots; 1 percent fine and very fine flakes of mica; 3 percent rounded 3 to 10 millimeter quartzite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 30 cm thick)

Bt1--28 to 41 cm (11 to 16 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 15 percent fine and very fine roots; 1 percent continuous very faint clay bridges between sand grains; 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses with accumulated iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine and very fine flakes of mica; 3 percent rounded 3 to 10 millimeter quartzite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary.

Bt2--41 to 53 cm (16 to 21 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent very fine roots; 1 percent continuous very faint clay bridges between sand grains; 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses with accumulated iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 2 percent rounded 3 to 10 millimeter quartzite fragments; positive reaction to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizons is 25 to 102 cm thick.)

Btg--53 to 66 cm (21 to 26 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent continuous very faint clay bridges between sand grains; 25 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses with accumulated iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine and very fine flakes of mica; 2 percent rounded 3 to 10 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 51 cm thick)

Cg--66 to 102 cm (26 to 40 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loamy coarse sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses with accumulated iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 15 percent fine and very fine flakes of mica; 10 percent rounded 3 to 10 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary.

C1--102 to 142 cm (40 to 56 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses with accumulated iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 15 percent fine and very fine flakes of mica; 10 percent rounded 3 to 10 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary.

C2--142 to 203 cm (56 to 80 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent fine and very fine flakes of mica; 15 percent rounded 3 to 10 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8.

TYPE LOCATION: Gloucester County, New Jersey; about 0.65 mile south west on Swedesboro-House Road from intersection of Swedesboro Road and Democrat Road; 200 feet south west of Water Oak; in a cultivated field; USGS Bridgeport topographic quadrangle; lat. 39 degrees 48 minutes 11 seconds N; long. 75 degrees 16 minutes 31 seconds W., NAD 83.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to top of Argillic Horizon: 20 to 51 cm (8 to 20 inches)
Depth to base of Argillic Horizon: 51 to 127 cm (20 to 50 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 203 cm (80 inches)
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 30 to 46 cm (12 to 18 inches), January to April
Rock Fragment Content: 0 to 10 percent, by volume in the A and B horizons and 0 to 25 percent in the C horizons; mostly rounded quartzite gravel. Below 150 cm (59 inches), subhorizons may contain up to 50 percent gravel.
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid throughout, unless limed
Content of Glauconite: Weighted average of 0 to 2 percent glauconite pellets in the A, E, B, or C horizons, typically 0 percent
Content of Mica: 0 to 20 percent, by volume mica flakes throughout

O horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 2 to 4, chroma of 1 to 3
Type of organic soil material--slightly or moderately decomposed plant material

A or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 5, chroma of 1 to 4
Texture--fine sandy loam, sandy loam, coarse sandy loam, or loam

AB or BA horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR or 5Y, value of 3 or 4, chroma of 2 to 4
Texture--fine sandy loam, sandy loam, coarse sandy loam, or loam

E or Eg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 1 to 2
Texture--fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or coarse sandy loam

Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--fine sandy loam, sandy loam, coarse sandy loam or loam
Redoximorphic features--masses with accumulated oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, brown, or olive, and iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white

Btg horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 5 to 7, chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 4 to 8
Texture--fine sandy loam, sandy loam, coarse sandy loam or loam
Redoximorphic features--masses with accumulated oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, brown, or olive, and iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white

Cg horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sand, loamy sand, loamy coarse sand, or coarse sand
Redoximorphic features--masses with accumulated oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, brown, or olive, and iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white

C horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 8, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sand, loamy sand, loamy coarse sand, or coarse sand
Redoximorphic features--masses with accumulated oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, brown, or olive, and iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white

COMPETING SERIES:
None

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Landform: Flat, depression
Geomorphic Component: Rise, dip
Hillslope Profile Position: None
Parent Material: Loamy fluviomarine deposits
Slope: 0 to 5 percent
Elevation: 3 to 46 m (10 to 150 feet)
Frost Free Period: 180 to 210 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 50 to 56 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 102 to 122 cm (40 to 48 inches)

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Aura soils--formed in ancient alluvium, have a seasonal high water table greater than 183 cm (72 inches), and have a fragipan; on higher landforms
Downer soils--have a seasonal high water table greater than 183 cm (72 inches); on slightly higher landforms
Fallsington soils--have a seasonal high water table at a depth less than 30 cm (12 inches), are in a fine-loamy family; on low-lying landforms
Freehold soils--formed in fluvial and eolian sediments that contain more glauconite, have a seasonal high water table greater than 183 cm (72 inches), and are in a fine-loamy family; on higher landforms
Hammonton soils--have a seasonal high water table at a depth 46 to 107 cm (18 to 42 inches); on slightly higher landforms
Mullica soils--have a seasonal high water table at a depth less than 30 cm (12 inches); on slightly lower-lying parts of similar landforms
Sassafras soils--have a seasonal high water table greater than 183 cm (72 inches), are in a fine-loamy family; on higher landforms
Woodstown soils--have a seasonal high water table at a depth 46 to 107 cm (18 to 42) inches, are in a fine-loamy family; on slightly higher landforms

DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Somewhat poorly drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Shallow (25 to 51 cm) and common (present 3 to 6 months)
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible where depressional to very high where gently sloping
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: High
Shrink-swell Potential: Low

USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Crops such as corn, soybeans, small grains, hay, pasture, and turf grasses. A few areas are used for vegetables. Most areas are in cultivation and are drained. However, many areas have become urbanized.
Dominate Vegetation: White oak, Black oak, Pitch pine, yellow poplar, sweetgum, red maple, beech, and American holly. Understory species include highbush blueberry, spicebush, viburnum, and greenbriar.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: The Northern Coastal Plain of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland
Extent: Moderate

MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Gloucester County, New Jersey, 2003

REMARKS: The series is named for the nearby town of Glassboro in Gloucester County, New Jersey. Glassboro soils were formally mapped Dragston soils. Dragston soils are in a thermic family and are Aeric Endoaquults.

The 6/2006 revision changes status from tentative to established. Measurements were converted to metric and other minor revisions were also made.

The 5/2008 revision adds horizon features that were missing in the previous description.

Diagnostic horizons and other soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the soil surface to a depth of 28 cm (Ap horizon)
Argillic horizon--the zone from a depth of 28 to 66 cm (Bt1, Bt2, Btg horizons)
Aquic conditions--the zone below 41 cm that is periodically saturated (endosaturation)

Other soil features identified in this pedon are:
Series control section--the zone from 0 to 150 cm (0 to 59 inches)

ADDITIONAL DATA:
Reference particle-size data is available from the project soil survey staff, Hammonton, New Jersey.
Database Information:

OSD Data Mapunit ID: 424407
Typical Pedon Data Mapunit ID: 407452
OSD User Pedon ID: Glassboro-OSD

REVISED: 11/2002-SCK, JAK; 06/2006-DHK; 05/2008-EM, DHK


National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.