LOCATION MARLTON NJ+MDEstablished Series
Changes have been made to the Landscape/Landform, Parent Material, and Range in characteristics.
MLRA(S): 149A, 153C
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Moderately well drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Moderately deep and common
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
Index Surface Runoff: Medium to very high
Permeability: Slow
Shrink-Swell Potential: Moderate
Landscape: Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Landform: Low hill, flat, depression
Geomorphic Component: Base slope, rise
Hillslope Profile Position: Summit, backslope, footslope
Parent Material: Clayey glauconite marine and/or fluviomarine deposits
Slope: 0 to 40 percent
Elevation (Type location): 80 feet
Frost Free Period (type location): 195 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 56 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 45 inches
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, glauconitic, mesic Aquic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Marlton sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, cultivated. (Colors are for moist soil.)
Ap--0 to 10 inches, olive-gray (5Y 4/2) sandy loam, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic, many fine roots and many very fine roots; common fine interstitial pores; 10 percent glauconite pellets; 5 percent rounded quartzite gravel; strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (5 to 12 inches thick)
Bt1--10 to 20 inches, olive (5Y 4/3) clay; moderate coarse prismatic parting to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, sticky, plastic; common fine roots and common very fine roots mainly along structural faces; few fine irregular pores; many continuous prominent clay films on faces of peds; few continuous prominent pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; few medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron in the lower part of the horizon; 35 percent glauconite pellets; 1 percent rounded quartzite gravel; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.
Bt2--20 to 28 inches, olive (5Y 4/4) clay; moderate coarse prismatic parting to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, sticky, plastic; few very fine roots mainly along structural faces; few fine irregular pores; many continuous prominent clay films on all ped faces; few continuous prominent pressure faces on vertical ped faces; common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and few medium prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron; 45 percent glauconite pellets; 1 percent rounded quartzite gravel; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.
Bt3--28 to 47 inches, dark grayish green (5G 3/2) clay; moderate coarse prismatic parting to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, sticky, plastic; few fine irregular pores; many continuous prominent clay films on faces of peds; few continuous prominent pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; common medium prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron; 50 percent glauconite pellets; 1 percent rounded quartzite gravel; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 15 to 50 inches.)
C--47 to 80 inches, dark greenish gray (5G 3/1), greenish black (10Y 2.5/1), and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) stratified sandy loam and sandy clay loam; massive; friable or very friable; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 60 percent glauconite pellets; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Gloucester County, New Jersey; about 1.4 miles northwest from intersection of County Road 538 and State Highway 45 on State Highway 538, 100 feet northeast of State Highway 538 on a footslope, in cropland; USGS Woodstown, NJ topographic quadrangle, lat. 39 degrees 43 minutes 38 seconds N; long. 75 degrees 16 minutes 05 seconds W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to top of Argillic horizon: 5 to 15 inches
Depth to base of Argillic Horizon: 30 to 60 inches or more
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 72 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 18 to 42 inches, November to May
Rock Fragments: 0 to 20 percent, by volume throughout; mostly quartzite with occasional ironstone, mostly fine or medium in size. Some pedons have thin strata with 20 to 35 percent fragments in the subsoil.
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid throughout, unless limed
Stratified, black, or greenish black layers within the C horizon, may be ultra acid upon exposure to air.
Content of Glauconite: Weighted average of 2 to 20 percent pellets, by volume in the A horizon and more than 20 percent in the B and C horizons
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
Ap or A horizons:
Color--hue of 5Y to 10YR, value of 3 or 4, chroma of 2 to 4
Texture (fine earth fraction):--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, or silt loam
BA or BE horizons (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5Y to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 2 to 4
Texture (fine earth fraction)--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, or silt loam
Bt horizons:
Color--hue of 2.5Y or 5Y, value of 3 to 5, chroma 3 to 6, or 5GY to 5G, value of 2.5 to 6, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture (fine earth fraction)--clay, sandy clay, or sandy clay loam
Redoximorphic features-masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, brown, or olive, and iron depletions in shades of olive or brown. Gray or grayish brown iron depletions of chroma 2 or less may occur within the lower Bt horizon below 24 inches from its upper boundary. In most pedons these depletions are difficult to distinguish due to the masking effects of the dark olive, and dark greenish parent materials.
BC horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 2.5Y or 5Y, value of 3 to 5, chroma 3 to 6, or 5GY to 5G, value of 2.5 to 6, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture (fine earth fraction)--sandy clay, sandy clay loam, loam, or sandy loam
Redoximorphic features-masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, brown, or olive, and iron depletions in shades of olive or brown. Gray or grayish brown iron depletions of chroma 2 or less may occur within this layer. In most pedons these depletions are difficult to distinguish due to the masking effects of the dark olive and dark greenish parent materials.
C horizon
Color--hue of 2.5Y or 5Y, value of 3 to 5, chroma 3 to 6, or 10Y to 5G, value
of 2.5 to 6, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture (fine earth fraction)--sandy loam, sandy clay loam, sandy clay, or clay, and is commonly stratified with sandy textures
Redoximorphic features (if they occur)-masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, brown, or olive, and iron depletions in shades of olive or brown. Gray or grayish brown iron depletions of chroma 2 or less may occur within this layer. In most pedons these depletions are difficult to distinguish due to the masking effects of the dark olive and dark greenish parent materials.
COMPETING SERIES:
Kresson soils-have a seasonal high water table at a depth of 12 to 18 inches (somewhat poorly drained); on slightly lower landforms
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Landform: Low hill, flat, depression
Geomorphic Component: Base slope
Hillslope Profile Position: Summit, backslope, footslope, rise
Parent Material: Clayey glauconite marine and/or fluviomarine deposits
Slope: 0 to 40 percent
Elevation: 25 to 170 feet
Frost Free Period: 180 to 210 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 50 to 56 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 40 to 48 inches
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Adelphia soils--are in a fine-loamy family, contain less than 20 percent weighted average glauconite pellets in the particle-size control section; on similar landforms
Colemantown soils-have a seasonal high water table at a depth of less than 12 inches (poorly drained;)on lower-lying landforms
Collington soils--have a seasonal high water table at a depth greater than 72 inches (well drained), have a fine-loamy family particle-size control section, and contain less than 20 percent glauconite pellets in the particle-size control section; on higher landforms
Colts Neck soils--have a seasonal high water table at a depth greater than 72 inches (well drained), are in a fine-loamy family, and contain less than 20 percent glauconite pellets in the particle-size control section; on higher landforms
Freehold soils--have a seasonal high water table at a depth greater than 72 inches (well drained), are in a fine-loamy family, and contain less than 10 percent glauconite pellets in the particle-size control section; on higher landforms
Kresson soils-have a seasonal high water table at a depth of 12 to 18 inches (somewhat poorly drained); on slightly lower landforms
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Moderately well drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Moderately deep (20 to 40 inches) and common (3 to 6 months)
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
Index Surface Runoff: Medium to very high
Permeability: Slow
Shrink-Swell Potential: Moderate
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major uses: Historically cleared and used for corn, tomatoes, soybeans, hay and pasture. However, in New Jersey most areas have rapidly become urbanized.
Dominant Vegetation: Wooded areas are dominantly mixed oaks, hickory, sweetgum, yellow-poplar, American beech, and red maple. Some southern areas in former agricultural uses have growth of Virginia pine and red cedar.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: The Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain of New Jersey and Maryland
Extent: Small
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Burlington County, New Jersey, 1936
REMARKS: This revision narrows the range of the original series concept to moderately well drained and sets the seasonal high water table at 18 to 42 inches below the surface. This revision also relocates the series concept to Gloucester County, New Jersey. It is believed that Marlton soils have aquic conditions and episaturation. The classification of these soils as Aquic Hapludults is based on evidence of wetness other than low chroma. Low chroma mottles which are normal in other moderately well drained soils are rare in these soils. For this reason the depth to, extent and distinctness of high chroma mottles have been used so as to group these soils with soils of similar natural drainage.
Diagnostic horizons and other soil characteristics recognized in this pedon
are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the soil surface to a depth of 10 inches (Ap
horizon).
Argillic horizon--the zone from 10 to 47 inches (Bt1, Bt2, Bt3 horizons)
Aquic conditions--the soil has periodic saturation and reduction (episaturation) within the upper 24 inches of the argillic horizon, and one or more unsaturated layers within 78 inches of the surface, occurring below the periodically saturated zone.
Other soil features identified with this pedon:
Very high glauconite content feature--averaging 20 percent pellets, by weight in the fine-earth fraction within the mineralogy control section (10-30 inch) zone (Bt1, Bt2, Bt3 horizons)
Series Control Section-the zone from 0 to 60 inches
ADDITIONAL DATA: The following pedons are available from the NRCS-Survey Laboratory, Lincoln, NE: S91NJ-033-001 and S75NJ-005-001
Database Information:
OSD Data Mapunit ID: To be developed
Typical Pedon Data Mapunit ID: 407411
OSD User Pedon ID: Marlton-OSD
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation NJ0042 Marlton 0-40 50-56 180-210 40-48 25-170SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness NJ0042 NONE NONE 1.5-3.5 PERCHED DEC-MAY >72
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- NJ0042 0-10 FSL SL L - 80-100 10-25 - NJ0042 10-40 SC SCL C - 80-100 30-45 - NJ0042 40-60 SR SL C - 80-100 15-45 -
SOI-5 Depth PH O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll NJ0042 0-10 4.5-5.5 2.-3. 0-0 0.6-6.0 LOW NJ0042 10-40 4.5-5.5 - 0-0 0.06-0.2 MODERATE NJ0042 40-60 4.5-5.5 - 0-0 0.06-2.0 LOW