LOCATION HAMMONTON NJ+DE MD
Established Series
SCK/Rev. JWB
04/2021
HAMMONTON SERIES
MLRA(s): 149A (Northern Coastal Plain), 153C (Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain), 153D (Northern Tidewater Area)
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Moderately well drained
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Moderately high or high
Landscape: Coastal Plain upland
Parent Material: Loamy fluviomarine sediments
Slope: 0 to 15 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 13 degrees C. (56 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 1143 mm (45 inches)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Aquic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Hammonton loamy sand in an area of Hammonton loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, cultivated. (Colors are for moist soil.)
Ap--0 to 20 cm (0 to 8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) loamy sand, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) dry; weak medium granular structure; very friable; nonsticky, nonplastic; many fine roots; very strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (5 to 30 cm thick)
E--20 to 46 cm (8 to 18 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; nonsticky, nonplastic; many fine roots; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 30 cm thick)
Bt--46 to 91 cm (18 to 36 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly sticky, nonplastic; common fine roots; few faint clay films on faces of peds or lining pebble niches; clay bridging common in upper part decreasing with depth; common medium prominent light gray (5Y 7/2) irregularly shaped iron depletions with clear boundaries in the matrix and common medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) irregularly shaped masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 3 percent, by volume rounded quartzite pebbles; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (25 to 61 cm thick)
C--91 to 203 cm (36 to 80 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; few fine roots; few medium prominent light gray (5Y 7/2) irregularly shaped iron depletions with clear boundaries in the matrix and few medium faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) irregularly shaped masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 5 percent, by volume rounded quartzite pebbles; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Atlantic County, New Jersey; near Corbin City, about 150 feet northeast of Aetna Road, 0.5 miles northwest of junction with Carl Road; USGS Tuckahoe, NJ topographic quadrangle; lat. 39 degrees 18 minutes 3 seconds N. and long. 74 degrees 46 minutes 3 seconds W. NAD 83.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to top of Argillic horizon: 13 to 48 cm (5 to 19 inches)
Depth to base of Argillic horizon: 38 to 114 cm (15 to 45 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 183 cm (72 inches)
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 46 to 107 cm (18 to 42 inches), December to May with wide seasonal fluctuation
Rock Fragments: 0 to 20 percent, by volume in the A and B horizons and 0 to 40 percent in the C horizon, mostly quartzite pebbles
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid, throughout the profile, unless limed
Other Features: Pedons in wooded areas typically have a microsequence of an A, E, and Bh horizon (micro-podzol). Total thickness of the A, E, and Bh horizons is less than 15 cm (6 inches) and individual horizons are less than 5 cm (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 4
Type of organic material--highly decomposed to slightly decomposed plant material
A horizon (if it occurs is 5 to 15 cm thick):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 3 to 5, chroma of 1 to 4, or is neutral with value of 2 to 6
Texture--loamy sand or sandy loam
Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 3 to 6, chroma of 2 to 4, or is neutral with value of 3 to 6
Texture--loamy sand,r sandy loam, fine sandy loam
BE or E horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 2 to 8
Texture--loamy sand, loamy fine sand or sandy loam
Bh horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 3 to 6
Texture--loamy sand or sandy loam
Bt horizon
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--commonly sandy loam or fine sandy loam (Some pedons have thin subhorizons of sandy clay loam or loamy sand.)
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
Btg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 4 to 7
Texture--dominantly sandy loam (Some pedons have thin subhorizons of sandy clay loam or loamy sand.)
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 to 8, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--loamy sand or sandy loam (Some pedons have thin subhorizons of sandy clay loam.)
BCg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 4 to 8
Texture--loamy sand, sandy loam, fine sandy loam (Some pedons have thin subhorizons of sandy clay loam.)
C horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 5Y, value of 5 to 8, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture (above 102 cm)--loamy sand or sand (Some pedons have thin strata of sandy clay loam.)
Texture (below 102 cm)--sand, coarse sand, loamy coarse sand, loamy sand, sandy loam, loam, or sandy clay 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
Cg and 2Cg horizons (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 5Y, value of 5 to 8, chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 4 to 8
Texture (above 102 cm)--commonly loamy sand or sand (Some pedons have thin strata of sandy clay loam)
Texture (below 102 cm)--commonly coarse sand, sand, loamy sand, sandy loam, loam, or sandy clay loam (Some pedons have thin strata of sandy clay or silt 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
COMPETING SERIES: None
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain upland
Landform: Flat, depression, drainageway
Elevation: 3 to 38 meters (10 to 125 feet ) above mean sea level
Parent Material: Loamy fluviomarine deposits
Slope: 0 to 15 percent
Frost Free Period: 180 to 220 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 10 to 14 degrees C. (50 to 58 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1016 to 1219 mm (40 to 48 inches)
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Downer soils-have a seasonal high water table at a depth of more than 183 cm (72 inches) (well drained); on slightly higher landforms
Evesboro soils--have a seasonal high water table at a depth of more than 183 cm (72 inches) (excessively drained), without an argillic horizon; on higher landforms
Fort Mott soils-have a seasonal high water table at a depth of more than 183 cm (72 inches) (well drained), have a sandy surface layers 51 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches) thick; on higher landforms
Galloway soils--have sandy texture throughout, without an argillic horizon; on similar landforms
Sassafras soils--have a seasonal high water table at a depth of more than 183 cm (72 inches) (well drained), with a fine-loamy particle-size control section; on higher landforms
Woodstown soils--have a fine-loamy particle-size control section, on similar Landforms
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Moderately well drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Moderately deep (50 to 100 cm) and common (3 to 6 months)
Flooding Frequency: None
Ponding Frequency: None
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible to very low
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Moderately high or high
Permeability (obsolete): Moderate or moderately rapid
Shrink-swell Potential: Low
USE AND VEGETATION:
Use--Cleared areas are used for production of fruit, vegetables, row crops, and nursery stock.
Vegetation--Native vegetation is a mixed hardwood forest containing scattered pitch pine, shortleaf pine, loblolly pine and Virginia pine.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution--New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland
Extent--Moderate
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Atlantic County, New Jersey, 1972
REMARKS: Hammonton series were previously included in the Woodstown or Dragston series.
Diagnostic horizons and other diagnostic soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the surface to a depth of 46 cm (Ap and E horizon)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 46 to 91 cm (Bt horizon)
Aquic conditions--the zone from 46 cm to a depth of 2 meters is periodically saturated (endosaturation)
Previous revisions: 11/2002-JAK
ADDITIONAL DATA: The following pedons are available from the NRCS-Survey Laboratory, Lincoln, NE: S91DE-005-011 and S61NJ-005-001.
Database Information:
OSD Data Mapunit ID: To be developed
Typical Pedon Data Mapunit ID: 407392 (Gloucester County, NJ)
OSD User Pedon ID: NJ-Hammonton Series (LS)
National Cooperative Soil Survey
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