LOCATION MARSHYHOPE DEEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Marshyhope sandy loam, in a cultivated field. (Colors are for moist soil.)
Ap--0 to 20 cm (0 to 8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam, brown (10YR 5/3) dry; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky and weak medium platy; friable; slightly sticky; slightly plastic; common very fine roots throughout; few very fine tubular pores; moderately acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (5 to 28 cm thick)
BE--20 to 36 cm (8 to 14 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4); sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly sticky; slightly plastic; few fine roots throughout; common very fine tubular pores; common fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) irregular iron masses throughout; common fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) irregular iron depletions throughout; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bt--36 to 64 cm (14 to 25 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3); sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly sticky; moderately plastic; few fine roots throughout; common fine tubular pores; common distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) irregular iron masses throughout; common medium faint light olive gray (5Y 6/2) irregular iron depletions throughout; slightly acid; clear smooth wavy. (25 to 89 cm thick)
BCg--64 to 86 cm (25 to 34 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); loamy coarse sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; non-sticky; non-plastic; few fine roots throughout; few fine interstitial pores; many very coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and few medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) irregular iron masses throughout; common medium distinct gray (5Y 6/1) irregular iron depletions throughout; slightly acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
C1--86 to 97 cm (34 to 38 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3); coarse sand; single grain; loose; non-sticky; non-plastic; 3 percent, by volume pebbles; many fine interstitial pores; many very coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) irregular iron masses throughout and common medium faint gray (5Y 6/1) irregular iron depletions throughout; moderately acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
C2--97 to 119 cm (38 to 47 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6); loamy sand; massive; friable; non- sticky; non- plastic; few fine interstitial pores; common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) irregular iron masses throughout; strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
C3--119 to 160 cm (47 to 63 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3); sand; single grain; loose; non-sticky; non-plastic; 2 percent, by volume pebbles; common fine interstitial voids; strongly acid; abrupt irregular boundary. (combined thickness of the C horizon is 0 to 91 cm)
Cg--160 to 203 cm (63 to 80 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1); sand; single grain; loose; non-sticky; non-plastic; common fine interstitial voids; strongly acid. (combine thickness of the Cg horizon is 0 to 76 cm)
TYPE LOCATION: Sussex County, Delaware; in the Bridgeville area, about mile west of the intersection of Dublin Hill Road and Polk Road. South of Polk road 150 feet. USGS Hickman topographic quadrangle; lat 38 degrees 45 minutes 32.26 seconds N. and long. 75 degrees 38 minutes 34.62 seconds W., NAD 83
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the base of the Argillic Horizon: 61 to 114 cm (24 to 45 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 183 cm (72 inches)
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 25 to 50 cm (10 to 20 inches), December to May
Rock Fragments: 0 to 10 percent, by volume throughout the profile, mostly rounded to subrounded gravel
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid, throughout the profile, unless limed
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 2 to 6, chroma of 1 to 3
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, or loam
E horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 3 to 6,
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and iron masses in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 3 to 6
Texture--sandy clay loam, loam, sandy loam or clay 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 3 to 7, chroma of 1 or 2, or neutral with value of 4 to 8.
Texture--sandy clay loam, loam, sandy loam or clay loam.
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and iron masses in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
BCg horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 4 to 8.
Texture--loamy sand, sandy loam, sandy clay loam or clay loam.
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and iron masses in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
C horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 3 or 4
Texture--sand, loamy sand, sandy loam, or sandy clay loam. Some pedons are stratified with layers of very fine sandy loam or fine sandy loam.
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, chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 4 to 8.
Texture--sand, loamy sand, can be stratified by sandy loam, or sandy clay loam.
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--moderately well drained and contain 10 to 20 percent, by volume glauconite pellets in the subsoil
Bigpool soils--moderately well drained and formed in alluvium derived from sedimentary rocks
Blairton soils--formed in residuum and contain channers of shale or siltstone
Holmdel soils--contain 2 to 10 percent, by volume glauconite pellets in the subsoil
Kensington soils--moderately well drained and have bedrock within the series control section
Manokin soils--moderately well drained; on higher landforms
Trackler soils--moderately well drained and formed in loamy colluvium and residuum derived from fine-grained igneous rocks
Wharton soils--moderately well drained, formed in residuum and contain channers of shale or siltstone
Whiteside soils--moderately well drained and formed in colluvium and alluvium in the southern Appalachian Mountains
Woodstown soils--moderately well drained; on higher landforms
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal plain
Landform: Flats and depressions
Geomorphic Component: Interfluve
Elevation: 1.5 to 37 meters (5 to 120 feet) above mean sea level
Parent Material: Loamy marine and old alluvial sediments
Slope: 0 to 5 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 10 to 14 degrees C. (50 to 58 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1067 to 1219 mm (42 to 48 inches)
Frost Free Period: 190 to 210 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Woodstown soils--moderately well drained; on higher landforms
Fallsington soils--poorly drained; on lower landforms
Corsica soils--very poorly drained with an umbric epipedon; on lower landforms
Hambrook soil--well drained; on higher landforms
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class (Agricultural): Somewhat poorly drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Shallow; common
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
Index Surface Runoff: Low
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Moderately high
Permeability (obsolete): Moderate or moderately slow
Shrink-swell Potential: Low
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: cultivated crops
Dominant Vegetation: where cultivated--mostly agronomic crops such as corn, wheat and soybeans. Where wooded-American Beech (Fagus grandifolia), white oak (Quercus alba), sweet gum (Liquidambar stryaciflua), loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) and American holly (Ilex opaca).
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Coastal plain of Delaware and possibly Maryland
Extent: Small; 5,000 to 10,000 acres
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Sussex County, Delaware, 2006.
REMARKS: Marshyhope soils were previously mapped as members of the Woodstown series, which is moderately well drained.
Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the surface of the soil to a depth of 36 cm (14 inches)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 36 to 64 cm (14 to 25 inches)
Aquic conditions--the soil has redox depletions and concentrations within the upper 60 cm (24 inches) of the argillic horizon, with periodic saturation and reduction from January to May
Other soil features identified with this pedon:
Series Control Section--the zone from 0 to 150 cm (0 to 59 inches)
ADDITIONAL DATA: This pedon sampled as S04DE-005-001
Data Mapunit ID (type location): 483080