LOCATION PITTSGROVE NJInactive 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 - >72SOI-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