LOCATION PEDRICKTOWN NJEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, acid, mesic Humaqueptic Fluvaquents
TYPICAL PEDON: Pedricktown silt loam, on a smooth 1 percent slope. (Colors are for moist soil.)
Oe--0 to 2 inches; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) mucky peat; very strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
Ag--2 to 9 inches; black (N 2/0) silt loam; weak medium subangular structure parting to weak fine granular; friable; nonsticky, slightly plastic; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (5 to 9 inches thick)
Cg1--9 to 22 inches; dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy loam; massive; friable; nonsticky, nonplastic; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Cg2--22 to 36 inches; gray (2.5YR 5/1) loamy sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; many coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron accumulations with clear boundaries throughout; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Cg3--36 to 40 inches; dark gray (5Y 4/1) sandy clay loam; massive; firm; slightly sticky, nonplastic; many medium prominent strong brown (10YR 4/6) iron concentrations as pore linings 1.0 to 1.5 inches in length and 0.25 inch in diameter; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Cg4--40 to 49 inches; dark gray (5Y 4/1) sandy loam; massive; friable; nonsticky, nonplastic; common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron accumulations with clear boundaries throughout; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Cg5--49 to 56 inches; greenish gray (5GY 5/1) loamy sand; loamy sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; many coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron accumulations with clear boundaries throughout; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Cg6--56 to 72 inches; gray (2.5Y 5/1) sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; many coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron accumulations with clear boundaries throughout; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
TYPE LOCATION: Salem County, Pedricktown Township, New Jersey; about 0.2 mile northwest along New Road from the intersection of Perkintown Road and New Road, 450 feet southwest on New Road; lat. 39 degrees 44 minutes 34 seconds N. and long. 75 degrees 26 minutes 02 seconds W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Thickness of Underlying Material: Greater than 72 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 99 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 0 to 6 inches, November to April
Rock Fragments: 0 to 10 percent, by volume throughout the profile, mostly rounded quartzite gravel
Soil Reaction: Very strongly acid to slightly acid throughout the profile
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
Oi horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR, value of 2 to 4, chroma 1 or 2
Texture--peat
Oe or Oa horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 2 to 4, chroma 1 or 2
Texture--mucky peat or muck
Ag horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR, value of 2 or 3, chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 2 or 3
Texture--silt loam or loam
The Cg horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 4 to 6
Texture--sand, loamy sand, sandy loam, loam, sandy clay loam, or silt loam, commonly stratified in thin layers
COMPETING SERIES: None
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain lowlands
Landform: Broad flats and depressions along major streams and flood plains and backswamp areas of small rivers and streams
Elevation: 0 to 90 feet
Parent Material: Loamy and sandy alluvial sediments
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:
Askecksy soils--poorly drained with a sandy particle-size control section, on slightly higher positions
Berryland soils--spodosol with a sandy particle-size control section, on low-lying uplands
Hammonton soils--moderately well drained with an argillic horizon, on uplands
Mullica soils--with an umbric epipedon, on slightly higher-lying positions
MAJOR USES: Woodland
VEGETATION: Dominantly red maple, American Holly and sweet gum.
DISTRIBUTION: Inner Coastal Plain of New Jersey along the lowest terrace of the Delaware River and in flood plains of its tributaries.
EXTENT: Small
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Salem County, New Jersey, 1998.
REMARKS: Pedricktown soils were previously mapped as swamps, Fluvaquents, and other poorly or very poorly drained thermic soils.
Diagnostic horizons and diagnostic soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the soil surface to a depth of 9 inches (Ag horizon).
Aquic conditions--the zone from the soil surface to a depth of 80 inches is continuously saturated (endosaturation).
SOIL INTERPRETATION RECORDS(S): NJ0223
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
NJ0223 PEDRICKTOWN 0-2 50- 58 180-215 42-48 0-90
SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness NJ0223 NONE 0-0.5 APPARENT NOV-APR >99SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- NJ0223 0- 9 SIL L 0- 0 100-100 12-25 10- 20 NJ0223 9-22 SL SCL 0- 0 90-100 10-20 5- 10 NJ0223 22-36 LS S 0- 0 95-100 4- 9 2- 5 NJ0223 36-40 SCL SIL 0- 0 80-100 15-25 5- 10 NJ0223 40-49 SL L 0- 0 85-100 5-18 3- 8 NJ0223 49-72 LS S 0- 0 75- 95 3- 8 2- 5
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll NJ0223 0- 9 4.5- 6.5 3.-8. 0- 0 0.06- 0.2 LOW NJ0223 9-22 4.5- 6.5 1.-2. 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW NJ0223 22-36 4.5- 6.5 0.-.5 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW NJ0223 36-40 4.5- 6.5 0.-.5 0- 0 0.06- 0.6 LOW NJ0223 40-49 4.5- 6.5 0.-.5 0- 0 0.06- 0.2 LOW NJ0223 49-72 4.5- 6.5 0.-.5 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW