LOCATION PEMBERTON NJEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Arenic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Pemberton sand, cultivated. (Colors are for moist soils.)
Ap--0 to 10 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent, by volume glauconite; strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (8 to 12 inches thick)
E--10 to 24 inches; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; 2 percent, by volume glauconite, very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (12 to 24 inches thick)
2Bt--24 to 34 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common silt and clay bridging between sand grains; 10 percent, by volume glauconite; common medium distinct olive gray (5Y 5/2) iron depletions; very strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (10 to 30 inches thick)
2C--34 to 60 inches; mixed yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and pale olive (5Y 6/3) stratified sand; single grain; loose; 15 percent, by volume glauconite; common dark grains; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Burlington County, New Jersey, Hainsport Township, 2.0 miles south of Masonville, 170 feet east of Ark Road, 500 feet north of woods.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum Thickness: 24 to 48 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 12 to 48 inches, December to May
Thickness of the Sandy Surface Layers: 20 to 36 inches
Rock Fragments: Less than 5 percent, by volume throughout the profile, but thin subhorizons within the B and C horizons may contain 5 to 20 percent. mostly rounded quartz pebbles
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid or very strongly acid, throughout the profile, unless limed
Other Features: O to 5 percent, by volume glauconite in the A horizon and 10 to 20 percent in the B and C horizon
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
Ap or A horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 2 to 4
Texture--sand or loamy sand
E horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 3 to 6
Texture--sand or loamy sand
2Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 3 to 6
Texture--fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or sandy clay loam
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive or gray and iron accumulations in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
2C horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--above 40 inches is sand, loamy sand, or sandy loam and below 40 inches is sand, loamy sand, sandy loam, sandy clay loam, sandy clay, or clay and is typically stratified
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive or gray and iron accumulations in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
COMPETING SERIES: None
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain
Landform: Swales, depressions, or low areas on broad ridges
Elevation: 5 to 125 feet
Parent Material: Sandy eolian deposits underlain by loamy alluvium derived from marine sediments that contain glauconite
SLOPE: 0 to 5 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 50 to 58 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 40 to 48 inches
Frost Free Period: 190 to 210 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Adelphia soils--do not have a sandy epipedon 20 or more inches thick, on slightly lower-lying landforms
Holmdel soils--do not have a sandy epipedon 20 or more inches thick and have a fine-loamy particle-size control section with 2 to 10 percent, by volume glauconite, on slightly lower-lying landforms
Tinton soils--well drained, on slightly higher landforms
Freehold soils--well drained, do not have a sandy epipedon 20 or more inches thick, and have a fine-loamy particle-size control section, on higher landforms
Shrewsbury soils--poorly drained, do not have a sandy epipedon 20 or more inches thick, and have a fine-loamy particle-size control section, on lower-lying landforms
USE: The major use is for vegetable production; usually with drainage and irrigation. Some areas are used for pasture, hay production, and woodlots.
VEGETATION: In wooded areas the dominant trees are red oak, black oak, white oak, blackgum, hickory, and Virginia pine.
DISTRIBUTION: The Atlantic Coastal Plain of New Jersey
Extent: Small
SERIES PROPOSED: Burlington County, New Jersey, October 1967
SERIES INTERPRETATION RECORD(S): NJ0055
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
NJ0055 PEMBERTON 0- 5 - - - -
SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness NJ0055 NONE 1.0-4.0 APPARENT DEC-MAY >60SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- NJ0055 0-24 S LS 0- 0 100-100 3-10 - NJ0055 24-34 SL FSL SCL 0- 0 100-100 8-35 - NJ0055 34-60 SR S C 0- 0 95-100 2-45 -
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll NJ0055 0-24 3.6- 5.0 1.-2. 0- 0 2.0- 6.0 LOW NJ0055 24-34 3.6- 5.0 - 0- 0 2.0- 6.0 LOW NJ0055 34-60 3.6- 5.0 - 0- 0 0.6- 6.0 LOW