LOCATION TINTON NJEstablished Series
Changes have been made to the Landscape/Landform, Parent Material, and Range in characteristics.
MLRA(s): 149A, 153C, 153D
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Well drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Very deep and absent
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
Index Surface Runoff: Low to very rapid
Permeability: Moderate to moderately rapid
Landscape: Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Landform: Low hill, ridge
Geomorphic Component: Broad interfluve
Hillslope Profile Position: Summit, shoulder, back slope
Parent Material: Sandy eolian deposits over glauconite bearing fluviomarine deposits
Slope: 0 to 25 percent
Elevation (type location): 90 feet
Frost Free Period (type location): 195 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 56 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 45 inches
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Arenic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Tinton sand (in an area of Tinton sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes) cultivated. (Colors are for moist soils.)
Ap--0 to 12 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), sand, pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1 percent glauconite pellets; slightly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 12 inches thick)
E--12 to 26 inches; olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent glauconite pellets; few fine mica flakes; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (12 to 24 inches thick)
Bt--26 to 38 inches; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; common faint clay bridging of sand grains; 10 percent glauconite pellets; few fine mica flakes; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (10 to 24 inches thick)
C1--38 to 50 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent glauconite pellets; few fine flakes of mica; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.
C2--50 to 80 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 5 percent glauconite pellets; few fine mica flakes; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Burlington County, New Jersey; about 0.7 mile west of intersection of Madison Avenue and State Highway 38, on State Highway 38, 0.15 south of State Highway 38, USGS Mount Holly, NJ topographic quadrangle; lat. 40 degrees 06 minutes 50 seconds N, and long. 74 degrees 48 minutes 56 seconds W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to top of Argillic horizon: 20 to 40 inches
Depth to base of Argillic Horizon: 28 to 50 inches or more
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 72 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: Greater than 72 inches
Rock Fragments: 0 to 5 percent, by volume, in the A and upper B horizons, and 0 to 20 percent in the lower B and C horizons; mostly quartzite and ironstone gravel
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid, unless limed
Thickness of the sandy epipedon: 20 to 36 inches
Content of Glauconite: Weighted average of 0 to 2 percent pellets, by volume in the A and E horizons and 2 to 20 percent in the B and C horizons
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A or Ap horizon:
Color--hue 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 1 to 4
Texture--sand, fine sand, or loamy sand
E horizon:
Color--10YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 8, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture--sand, fine sand, or loamy sand
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--fine sandy loam, sandy loam or sandy clay loam. Some pedons have thin subhorizons with coarser texture in the lower part.
C horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--commonly sand, loamy sand, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam and may be stratified. Some pedons are stratified with thin layers of sandy clay loam.
COMPETING SERIES:
Pemberton soils-have a seasonal high water table at a depth of 12 to 48 inches (moderately well drained); on slightly lower landforms
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Landform: Low hill, ridge
Geomorphic Component: Broad interfluve
Hillslope Profile Position: Summit, shoulder, back slope
Parent Material: Sandy eolian deposits over glauconite bearing fluviomarine deposits
Slope: 0 to 25 percent
Frost Free Period: 180 to 210 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 50 to 58 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 42 to 48 inches
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Adelphia soils--do not have a sandy surface layer 20 to 40 inches thick, have similar glauconite contents, have a seasonal high water table at a dept of 18 of42 inches (moderately well drained); on lower landforms
Collington soils--do not have a sandy surface layer 20 to 40 inches thick, have similar glauconite contents; on higher landforms
Colts Neck soils--do not have a sandy surface layer 20 to 40 inches thick, have similar glauconite contents; on similar landforms
Evesboro--are sandy throughout, do not have an argillic horizon, and do not contain glauconite; on similar landforms
Downer--do not have a sandy surface layer 20 to 40 inches thick, have a coarse-loamy particle-size control section, and do not contain glauconite; on similar landforms
Freehold soils--do not have a sandy surface layer 20 to 40 inches thick, have similar glauconite contents; on similar landforms
Pemberton soils-have a seasonal high water table at a depth of 12 to 48 inches (moderately well drained); on slightly lower landforms
Shrewsbury soils--do not have a sandy surface layer 20 to 40 inches thick, have similar glauconite contents, have a seasonal high water table at a depth of 0 to 12 inches (poorly drained); on lower landforms
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Well drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Very deep (greater than 60 inches) and absent (not observed)
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
Index Surface Runoff: Low to very rapid
Permeability: Moderate to moderately rapid
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Mostly fruit and vegetable production, generally irrigated.
Dominant Vegetation: White oak, black oak, red oak, and chestnut oak, with scattered Virginia pine. Abandoned fields support nearly pure stands of Virginia pines in the early stages of secondary succession.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: The Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Extent: Moderate, estimate about 20,000 acres.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1946
REMARKS: 02/2002--Revisions made to series format, colors, and textures for MLRA soil survey updates in New Jersey.
Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 26 inches (Ap and E horizons)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 26 to 38 inches (Bt horizons)
Other soil features identified with this pedon:
Series control section--the zone from 0 to 60 inches
ADDITIONAL DATA:
The following pedons are available from the NRCS-Survey Laboratory, Lincoln, NE:
S92NJ-005-008, S92NJ-033-005, and S92NJ-033-008.
Database Information:
OSD Data Mapunit ID: 407658
Typical Pedon Data Mapunit ID: 99372
OSD User Pedon ID: Tinton-OSD
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation NJ0040 TINTON 0- 25 50-58 180-210 40-48 20 to 120SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness NJ0040 NONE 6.0-6.0 - >72 -
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- NJ0040 0-26 S FS LS 0- 0 100-100 1- 7 2-5 NJ0040 26-40 FSL SL SCL 0- 0 75-100 5-30 2-10 NJ0040 40-60 SR S SL 0- 0 98-100 2-15 1-5
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll NJ0040 0-26 3.6- 5.5 .5-1. 0- 0 0.6- 6.0 LOW NJ0040 26-40 3.6- 5.5 - 0- 0 2.0- 6.0 LOW NJ0040 40-60 3.6- 5.5 - 0- 0 0.6- 6.0 LOW