LOCATION NORTHMONT               NJ

Established Series
DCS/ATD/EIB
08/2024

NORTHMONT SERIES

MLRA--149A
Depth Class--very deep
Drainage Class--moderately well drained
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class--moderately high to high in the human- transported materials; high to very high in the fluviomarine deposits
Parent Material--loamy human-transported materials over coarse-loamy glauconitic bearing fluviomarine deposits
Geomorphic Location--filled, raised land, or other locally anthropogenic landforms on low fluviomarine terraces and areas of wet soils.
Slope--0 to 5 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature--13 degrees C (56 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation--1160 mm (46 inches)

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, spolic, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults

TYPICAL PEDON: Northmont sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes on an area that has been cut and filled under turfgrass cover of a baseball field. (Colors are for moist soils, unless otherwise noted.)

^Au--0 to 17 centimeters; very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to medium granular structure; friable; many fine roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; 5 percent nonrounded mixed imported artifacts; slightly acid (pH 6.5); clear smooth boundary. (0 to 25 cm thick)

^Bwu--17 to 28 centimeters; 90 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coarse sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout 5 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions throughout; 2 percent glauconite pellets; 2 percent quartz gravel fragments and 5 percent imported crushed gravel artifacts; neutral (pH 6.9); gradual wavy boundary.

^Bw--28 to 56 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine prominent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) iron depletions; 2 percent glauconite pellets; 8 percent rounded quartz gravel fragments; neutral (pH 7.0); clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of ^Bw is 17 to 70 centimeters thick)

2Btb1--56 to 65 centimeters; brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; moderately medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent glauconite pellets; moderately acid (pH 6.0); clear wavy boundary.

2Btb2--65 to 88 centimeters; brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions; 5 percent glauconite pellets; moderately acid (pH 5.8).(Combined thickness of 2Btb is 32 to 60 centimeters thick)

2BCb--88 to 116 centimeters (35 to 46 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent medium faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions; 10 percent glauconite fragments; moderately acid (pH 5.8).

2C--116 to 203 centimeters (46 to 80 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; single grain; friable; 5 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3) iron depletions; 10 percent glauconite pellets; moderately acid (pH 5.6).

TYPE LOCATION: Camden County, New Jersey; at a baseball field at the eastern dead end of A Road approximately 75 feet north of A Road in Audubon Park, NJ.

Latitude: 39.8960400
Longitude: -75.0844830
Datum: WGS84
U.S.G.S. Quad: Camden, NJ

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Thickness of human-transported materials--typically 50 to 100 centimeters.
Depth to seasonal high-water table--50 and 100 centimeters.
Depth to argillic horizon--50 to 100 centimeters.
Rock fragment content--0 to 10 percent, by volume throughout.
Artifact content--0 to 10 percent, by volume, within the human transported materials.
Combined rock fragment and artifact content--less than 15 percent by volume.
Soil reaction--neutral to slightly acid in the human transported materials; slightly acid to strongly acid in the underlying fluviomarine deposits.
Glauconite pellets--0 to 5 percent by volume in the human transported material; 2 to 8 percent by volume in the underlying fluviomarine deposits
Fine-Earth Fraction--averages less than 18 percent clay and greater than 40 percent sand in the particle size control section

^A or ^Au horizons:
Hue--7.5YR or 10YR
Value--2.5 to 4
Chroma--2 to 4
Texture--loam or sandy loam, in the fine earth fraction
Human-Artifacts--0 to 10 percent
Rock Fragments-0 to 5 percent

^Bw or ^Bwu horizons:
Hue--7.5YR or 10YR
Value--3 to 5
Chroma--2 to 6
Texture--fine sandy loam, loam, sandy loam, or coarse sandy loam in the fine earth fraction
Human Artifacts--0 to 10 percent
Rock Fragments-0 to 10 percent

2Btb horizons:
Hue--7.5YR or 10YR
Value--4 or 5
Chroma--3 to 6
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam in the fine earth fraction
Rock fragments--0 to 5 percent

2BCb horizons, if present:
Hue--2.5Y or 10YR
Value--5 or 6
Chroma--3 or 4
Texture--sandy loam or loamy sand in the fine earth fraction
Rock fragments--0 to 5 percent

2C horizons:
Hue--7.5YR or 10YR
Value--4 to 6
Chroma--4 to 8
Texture--sand, loamy sand, loamy coarse sand, or coarse sandy loam in the fine earth fraction.
Rock fragments--0 to 8 percent

COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape--North Atlantic coastal plain
Landform-- filled, raised land, or other anthropogenic landforms on low fluviomarine terraces and areas of wet soils.
Parent Material--loamy human-transported material over coarse-loamy glauconitic bearing fluviomarine deposits
Slope--0 to 5 percent
Elevation--1 to 25 meters
Frost-free period--190 to 250 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature--11 to 14 degrees C
Mean Annual Precipitation--1145 to 1225 millimeters

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Buddtown soils--have less than 50 centimeters of human-transported materials, on similar non-anthropogenic landforms.
Cramerhill--well drained, do not have aquic conditions within 100 cm, on slightly higher anthropogenic landforms.
Freehold soils- well drained, do not have aquic conditions within 100 cm, have less than 50 cm of human-transported materials, on higher non-anthropogenic landforms.
Mannington soils- very poorly drained with tidal inundation, on lower positions of tidal marshes.
Nanticoke soils- very poorly drained with tidal inundation, on lower positions of tidal marshes.
Sauken soils--have greater than 35 percent human artifacts throughout the control section, on similar anthropogenic landforms.
Swedesboro soils- well drained, do not have aquic conditions within 100 cm, have less than 50 cm of human-transported materials, on higher non-anthropogenic landforms.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage Class--moderately well drained
Surface Runoff--low
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class--moderately high to high in the human-transported materials; high to very high in the fluviomarine deposits higher in areas where compacted mechanically (vibratory) or static (heavy traffic).

USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses--These soils are used for residential, commercial, and recreational development in an urban or suburban setting.
Vegetation--Vegetation may include a mix of managed and unmanaged plant communities with a mix of native and non-native species. Many areas are vegetated with non-native ornamental landscaping and/or turfgrass associated with developed land uses. Some areas may exhibit weedy, invasive, and/or primary succession vegetation communities (e.g., abandoned lots and other unmanaged areas). Some small patches of mixed native hardwood forest may be present in undisturbed areas.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
General Area--Urban corridors of the Northern Coastal Plain with anthropogenic landscapes
Land Resource Regions--S - North Atlantic Slope Diversified Farming Region MLRA--149A
Extent--small extent.

SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina (Special Projects Region)

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Camden County, New Jersey, 2024.

REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from a depth of 0 to 17 centimeters (^A horizon)
Cambic horizons--the zone from a depth of 17 to 56 centimeters (^Bw horizons)
Argillic horizons-the zone from a depth of 56 to 88 centimeters (2Btb horizons)
Aquic conditions-the zone from a depth of 65 to 203 centimeters. (2Btb2, 2BCb, and 2C horizons)
Lithologic discontinuity-- change of parent material from human-transported materials to fluviomarine deposits at a depth of 56 centimeters
Human-transported materials--the zone from a depth of 0 to 56 centimeters. (^A and ^Bw horizons)

This soil series classifies as an Ultisol due to diagnostic horizons that typically occur at the base of the human-transported materials and the whole soil profile is considered for classification. Some pedons have an argillic horizons in a buried soil and are included in this concept at this time.

Some pedons have redoximorphic features in the human transported materials, these are thought to be relict features not indicative of a water table.

ADDITIONAL DATA:
NASIS User Pedon ID: 2024NJ007009
Classified using the Thirteenth Edition Keys to Soil Taxonomy (2022)
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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.