LOCATION HOLMDEL NJ+MD
Established Series
SK/Rev. DHK
11/2015
HOLMDEL SERIES
Note: This series is open for peer review. Please send comments by May 20, 2003 to: skeenan@nj.nrcs.usda.gov and forward all comments to MO-13 Data Quality Specialist (david.kingsbury@wv.usda.gov)
Changes have been made to the Landscape/Landform, Parent Material, Range in characteristics, and Pedon Description.
MLRA(s): 149A, 153C
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Moderately well drained and somewhat poorly drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Moderately deep and shallow
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible to medium
Permeability: Moderate
Landscape: Coastal Plain
Landform: Flat, depression, drainageway, swale
Parent Material: Loamy glauconite bearing marine and/or fluviomarine sediments
Major Uses: Generally cleared and used for growing vegetables, fruits and specialty crops.
Dominate Vegetation: Mixed upland oaks, sweetgum, yellow poplar, hickory, red maple, sassafras, and American beech
Slope: 0 to 5 percent
Elevation (type location): 150 feet
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 56 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 44 inches
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Holmdel sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, cultivated. (Colors are for moist soil.)
Ap--0 to 12 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; moderate, coarse granular structure parting to moderate, medium granular structure; friable; many roots; 2 percent glauconite pellets by volume; very strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (6 to 12 inches thick)
Bt1--12 to 20 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak, coarse subangular blocky structure parting to weak, medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many roots; 2 percent glauconite pellets by volume; few thin patchy clay films on ped faces; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt2--20 to 38 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam, moderate, coarse subangular blocky structure parting to moderate, medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common roots; few fine prominent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) iron depletions; and common fine and medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) iron masses; 5 percent glauconite pellets by volume; common thin discontinuous clay films on ped faces; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 10 to 48 inches)
BC--38 to 42 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; massive; very friable; few fine roots; few fine prominent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) iron depletions, and few medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) iron masses; 5 percent glauconite pellets by volume; extremely acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
C--42 to 80 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; common medium distinct light olive gray (5Y 6/2) iron depletions; 10 percent glauconite pellets by volume; few, thin, discontinuous, weak, iron-cemented ironstone interlayers; extremely acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Monmouth County, New Jersey; Millstone Township. Fifty feet north
of Nurko Road, one tenth miles west of Rockdale Road; USGS Roosevelt Quadrangle, latitude 40 degrees, 13 minutes, 46 seconds N., and longitude 74 degrees, 28 minutes, 31 seconds W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the top of the Argillic Horizon: 6 to 18 inches
Depth to the bottom of the Argillic Horizon: 20 to 50 inches, or more
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 72 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 12 to 42 inches, December to May
Rock Fragments: Typically 0 to 5 percent, by volume, in the A, B, and C horizons mostly fine or medium size, rounded, quartzose gravel. Thin strata may contain up to 30 percent gravel
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid or very strongly acid throughout the profile, unless limed
Content of glauconite: Low, 0 to 10 percent pellets (by volume) in the A horizon, 2 to 10 percent pellets in the B horizon, and 2 to 15 percent pellets in the C horizon. Glauconite content in the C horizon is more commonly 2 to 10 percent.
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 to 6
Texture--loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or loamy sand.
E horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 3
Texture--loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or loamy sand.
BA or BE horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 6
Texture- loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or loamy sand.
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 6.
Texture-sandy clay loam, clay loam, loam, or sandy loam.
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and
Iron masses in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive.
Btg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 1 or 2.
Texture-sandy clay loam, clay loam, loam, or sandy loam.
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and
iron masses in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive.
BC horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 6.
Texture- loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand. In some pedons thin interlayers, isolated pockets, or thin lenses of weak iron-cemented sandy materials may occur.
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and iron masses in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive.
BCg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 or 2, or interlayered with hue of 5GY to 5G, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 1 or 2.
Texture- loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand. In some pedons thin interlayers, isolated pockets, or thin lenses of weak iron-cemented sandy materials may occur.
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and iron
masses in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive.
C horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 3 to 8.
Texture-loamy sand, loamy fine sand, fine sand or sand, or is stratified with textures ranging from sandy loam to sand. In some pedons thin interlayers, or isolated pockets of clayey textures, or thin lenses of weak iron-cemented sheets may.
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and iron
masses in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
Cg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 1 or 2, or interlayered with hue of 5GY to 5G, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 1 or 2.
Texture-loam, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, loamy very fine sand, loamy sand, sand, or coarse sand, or may be stratified with these textures. In some pedons thin interlayers, isolated pockets, or thin lenses of weak iron-cemented sandy materials may occur.
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and iron
masses in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
COMPETING SERIES:
Adelphia soils-- have l0 to 20 percent glauconite pellets in the mineralogy control section.
Bigpool soils--formed in alluvium derived from sedimentary rocks
Blairton soils--formed in residuum from gray shale and are moderately deep to
hard bedrock
Cotaco soils--formed in alluvium, and colluvium derived from sandstone,
siltstone, and shale
Delanco soils--formed in materials weathered from micaceous crystalline rocks
Dillard soils--formed in loamy alluvium in the Blue
Ridge Mountains
Fenwick soils--formed in residuum from sandstone, siltstone, and shale and are
moderately deep to hard bedrock
Trackler soils--formed in colluvium and residuum from fine-grained igneous
rocks
Tuscarawas soils--formed in colluvium and residuum derived from clay shale
Wharton soils--formed in residuum from sandstone, siltstone, and shale
Whiteside soils--formed in colluvium in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Woodstown soils--formed in marine sediments that do not contain glauconite pellets
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain
Landform: Flat, depression, drainageway, swale
Parent Material: Loamy glauconite bearing marine and/or fluviomarine sediments Slope: 0 to 5 percent
Elevation: 5 to 170 feet
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 50 to 58 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 42 to 48 inches
Frost Free Period: 180 to 215 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Adelphia soils-are moderately well drained, have seasonal high water tables at 18 to 42 inches, with l0 to 20 percent glauconite pellets in the mineralogy control section, formed in similar parent materials; on slightly lower-lying landforms
Colts Neck soils- are well drained, have seasonal high water tables >72 inches, with similar glauconite pellet contents in the subsoil, formed in similar parent materials; on slightly higher landforms
Freehold soils-are well drained, have seasonal high water tables >72 inches, with similar glauconite pellet contents in the subsoil, formed in similar parent materials; on slightly higher landforms
Marlton soils-are moderately well drained, have seasonal high water tables at 18 to 42 inches, greater than 35 percent clay in the Bt horizons, 20 percent or more glauconite pellets in the mineralogy control section; formed in marine deposits higher in glauconite pellets , on similar landforms
Kresson soils- are somewhat poorly drained, have seasonal high water tables at 12 to 18 inches, greater than 35 percent clay in the Bt horizons, 20 percent or more glauconite pellets in the mineralogy control section; formed in marine deposits higher in glauconite pellets , on lower-lying landforms
Collington soils- are well drained with seasonal high water tables >72 inches, have l0 to 20 percent glauconite pellets in the minerology control section, formed in similar parent materials; on higher landforms
Colemantown- are poorly drained, have seasonal high water tables at 0 to 12 inches, greater than 35 percent clay in the Bt horizons, 20 percent or more glauconite pellets in the mineralogy control section; formed in marine deposits higher in glauconite pellets, on lower-lying landforms
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage class (Agricultural): Moderately well (18 to 42 inches) and somewhat poorly (12 to 18 inches) below the surface mostly during the months of December to April
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Moderately deep (20 to 40 inches) and shallow (10 to 20 inches) and common (present 3 to 6 months)
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible to very high
Permeability: Moderate
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Historically cleared and used for corn, wheat, soybeans, hay, pasture, fruits, vegetables, and nursery.
Dominate Vegetation: Mixed upland oaks, sweetgum, yellow-poplar, hickory, red maple, sassafras, and American beech
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Coastal Plain of New Jersey and Maryland
Extent: Moderate
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Burlington County, New Jersey, 1967
REMARKS: 5/2003--This revision updates redoximorphic features to current standards and revises competing series and geographically associated soils sections. The content of glauconite in the C horizon was also broadened from 2 to 10 percent to 2 to 15 percent to facilitate the correlation of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Additionally, colors, geographic setting, parent materials and other features as well as ranges in characteristics were also revised. This OSD was also converted to tabular format. This series has historically been used as a dual drainage class soil and has been maintained with this revision to facilitate ongoing correlations.
Some pedons have been observed to have thin, weakly iron-cemented lenses in the C horizon of this soil. These lenses have not been described to be significant enough for a petroferric contact or zone of induration.
Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 12 inches (Ap horizon)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 12 to 38 inches (Bt1 and Bt2 horizons)
Aquic conditions (Aquic subgroup)--iron depletions and concentrations at 20 inches (within upper 24 inches of the argillic horizon)
Low glauconite pellet content feature---glauconite pellet content averages between 2 and 10 percent by volume within the mineralogy control section (upper 20 inches of the argillic horizon)
ADDITIONAL DATA:
OSD Data Map Unit ID: 000000 (to be developed)
OSD User Pedon ID: 00XX000000 (to be developed)
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
NJ0022 HOLMDEL 0- 5 50- 58 180-215 42- 48 5-170
SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness
NJ0022 NONE 1.0-3.5 APPARENT DEC-APR >72
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC-
NJ0022 0-12 L FSL 0- 0 95-100 10-15 6- 12
NJ0022 0-12 LS LFS SL 0- 0 95-100 5-10 5- 10
NJ0022 12-38 SL SCL L 0- 0 95-100 15-30 6- 12
NJ0022 38-60 SR SL S 0- 0 90-100 2-15 2- 6
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll
NJ0022 0-12 3.6- 5.5 1.-3. 0- 0 0.6- 6.0 LOW
NJ0022 0-12 3.6- 5.5 1.-2. 0- 0 2.0- 20 LOW
NJ0022 12-38 4.5- 5.5 .5-1. 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
NJ0022 38-60 4.5- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 2.0- 20 LOW
Revised: 08/2002-SK, JAK; 05/2003-SK, DHK
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.