LOCATION PITTSGROVE         NJ
Inactive Series
SG-SK-CS/Rev. JAK
11/2002

PITTSGROVE SERIES


Note: The Pittsgrove series was established in 1998 with the correlation of Cape May County, NJ (type location, Salem County, NJ). The series concept was a soil similar to Aura soils with less that a weighted average of 18 percent clay in the particle-size control section underlain by a loamy, dense and brittle layer (fragipan). With the completion of Gloucester County, NJ (the type location for the Aura series) it was determined that Aura soils also dominantly had a coarse-loamy particle-size control section indicating no significant difference between Pittsgrove and Aura soils as mapped. It was the preference of the state to retain the Aura name and inactivate the Pittsgrove series. The soils mapped Pittsgrove have been recorrelated to the Aura series.

MLRA(s): 149A, 153C, 153D
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia
Depth Class: Moderately deep to fragipan, very deep to bedrock
Drainage Class: Well drained
Surface Runoff: Slow to rapid
Permeability: Moderately slow
Parent Material: Loamy and gravelly fluvial sediments
Slope: 0 to 15 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 56 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 45 inches

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Fragiudults

TYPICAL PEDON: Pittsgrove sandy loam, on a smooth 1 percent slope, in a cultivated field. (Colors are for moist soil).

Ap--0 to 12 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; nonsticky, nonplastic; common medium and fine roots; 12 percent, by volume, round quartzite gravel; very strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (6 to 12 inches thick)

Bt1--12 to 24 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/4) gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine and very fine roots; common faint clay films and clay bridging between sand grains; 25 percent, by volume, round quartzite gravel; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.

Bt2--24 to 32 inches; light brown (7.5YR 6/4) gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine and very fine roots; common faint clay films and clay bridging between sand grains; 20 percent, by volume, round quartzite gravel; extremely acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 15 to 30 inches)

Btx1--32 to 45 inches; yellowish red (5YR 5/6) gravelly sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; brittle, very dense and compact; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common faint clay films and clay bridging between sand grains; 20 percent, by volume, round quartzite gravel and few ironstone gravel; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.

Btx2--45 to 68 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular block structure; friable; brittle, very dense and compact; nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent, by volume, round quartzite gravel and few ironstone gravel; many faint clay bridging between sand grains; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Btx is 6 to 40 inches)

C--68 to 72 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; few faint clay bridging between sand grains; very strongly acid.

TYPE LOCATION: Salem County, New Jersey; about 0.85 mile northwest of Six Points on Garden Road; 1,300 feet north in a cultivated field; USGS Newfield Quadrangle; lat. 39 degrees 32 minutes 20 seconds N. and long. 75 degrees 07 minutes 17 seconds W.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum Thickness: 30 to 72 inches or more
Depth to Fragipan: 15 to 40 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 72 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: Greater than 72 inches
Rock Fragments: 0 to 30 percent, by volume, throughout the profile; mostly round quartzite or ironstone gravel
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid or very strongly acid, throughout the profile, unless limed
Other Features: Pedons in wooded areas typically have a microsequence of an A, E, and Bh horizon (micro-podzol). Total thickness of the A, E, and Bh horizons is less than 6 inches and individual horizons are less than 2 inches thick.

RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
O horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 2 to 4, chroma of 1 to 3
Texture: Slightly decomposed to highly decomposed plant material

Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 2 to 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy sand, sandy loam, or loam

A horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 5, chroma of 1 to 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy sand, sandy loam, or loam

BA horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy sand or sandy loam

BE or E horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 8, chroma of 1 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy sand or sandy loam

Bh horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 4 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam or loamy sand

Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, loam, or sandy clay loam
Mottles--discontinuous bands, patches, or variegations in shades of brown or red

Btx horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, loam, or sandy clay loam
Mottles--discontinuous bands, patches, or variegations in shades of brown or red

BC horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, loam, or sandy clay loam
Mottles--discontinuous bands, patches, or variegations in shades of brown or red

C horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sand, loamy sand, or sandy loam
Mottles--discontinuous bands, patches, or variegations in shades of brown or red

COMPETING SERIES:
Burketown soils--moderately well drained and formed in alluvium derived from sandstone, siltstone, and shale

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain uplands
Landform: Broad ridges and hill slopes
Parent Material: Sandy and gravelly fluvial sediments primarily associated with the Bridgeton Formation
Elevation: 50 to 160 feet
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 50 to 58 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 42 to 48 inches
Frost Free Period: 180 to 210 days

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Downer soils--coarse-loamy, lack a fraigpan, and are on similar landforms
Fallsington soils--poorly drained with a seasonal high water table between 0 and 1.0 foot, lack a fragipan, and are on flats and in depressions
Fort Mott soils--have a sandy surface 20 to 40 inches thick, lack a fragipan, and are on higher-lying ridges
Hammonton soils--coarse-loamy, lack a fragipan and have a seasonal high water table between 1.5 and 3.5 inches, and are in slight depressions and along the base of side slopes
Sassafras soils--have a thinner solum, lack a fragipan, and are on similar landforms
Woodstown soils--moderately well drained with a seasonal high water table between 1.5 and 3.5 feet, and are on adjacent marine and stream terraces

DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage Class: Well drained
Surface Runoff: Slow to rapid
Permeability: Moderately slow

USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Nearly one-half of the Pittsgrove soils are farmed and used for vegetables, flowers, fruit trees, corn, soybeans, and small grains.
Dominant Vegetation: Woodland areas are dominated by oaks, yellow-poplar, pitch pine and Virginia pine.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: New Jersey (Bridgeton Formation): small

MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Salem County, New Jersey, 1998 (Inactvivated 03/2000)

REMARKS: Pittsgrove soils were previously mapped with Aura soils. Aura soils have a fine-loamy particle-size control section.

Diagnostic horizons and other diagnostic soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the surface to a depth of 12 inches (Ap horizon)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 12 to 68 inches (Bt and Btx horizons)
Fragipan--the zone from 32 to 68 inches (Btx horizons)

ADDITIONAL DATA: None

SERIES INTERPRETATION RECORDS(s): NJ0221

TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
NJ0221 PITTSGROVE 0-15 50-58 180-210 42-48 50-160

SOI-5  FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind   Months  Bedrock Hardness
NJ0221 NONE          >6.0                 -     >72        

SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- NJ0221 0-12 LS 0- 0 85-100 2- 7 2- 7 NJ0221 0-12 SL L 0- 0 80- 95 5-18 4- 12 NJ0221 0-12 GR-SL GR-FSL 0- 0 70- 95 5-15 4- 11 NJ0221 12-32 SL SCL GR-SCL 0- 0 70- 90 12-25 5- 10 NJ0221 32-45 GR-SL GR-SCL 0- 0 70- 90 15-30 5- 10 NJ0221 45-72 SR GR-S SCL 0- 0 70-100 3-25 1- 7

SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll NJ0221 0-12 3.5- 5.0 .5-2. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW NJ0221 0-12 3.5- 5.0 1.-3. 0- 0 2.0- 6.0 LOW NJ0221 0-12 3.5- 5.0 1.-2. 0- 0 2.0- 6.0 LOW NJ0221 12-32 3.5- 5.0 .5-1. 0- 0 2.0- 6.0 LOW NJ0221 32-45 3.5- 5.0 0.-.5 0- 0 0.2- 0.6 LOW NJ0221 45-72 3.5- 5.0 0.-0. 0- 0 0.2- 0.6 LOW


National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.