LOCATION WOODSTOWN MD+DE NJ PA VA
Established Series
JEB-WDC/Rev. JAK
11/2015
WOODSTOWN SERIES
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
DEPTH CLASS: Very deep
DRAINAGE CLASS: Moderately well drained
PERMEABILITY: Moderate
SURFACE RUNOFF: Slow to medium
PARENT MATERIAL: Sandy marine and old alluvial sediments
SLOPE: 0 to 30 percent
MEAN ANNUAL AIR TEMPERATURE (type location): 57 degrees F.
MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION (type location): 50 inches
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Woodstown sandy loam, in cropland. (Colors are for moist soil.)
Ap--0 to 7 inches; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; many very fine and fine roots; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 11 inches thick)
E--7 to 11 inches; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; many fine roots; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
Bt1--11 to 19 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium blocky and subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common roots; common faint clay films on faces of peds; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt2--19 to 29 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderately sticky, slightly plastic; few roots; common prominent clay films on faces of peds; common medium distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2) iron depletions and common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron accumulations; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 10 to 40 inches)
Cg1--29 to 45 inches; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) sandy loam; massive; friable; very few roots; common fine to coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4 and 5/6) iron depletions; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Cg2--45 to 70 inches; light gray (5Y 7/2) loamy sand; single grain; loose; common thick grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions in the shape of horizontal streaks; 10 percent, by volume rounded gravels; extremely acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Dorchester County, Maryland; 0.75 mile northwest of Galestown, 800 feet northeast of bend in Wheatly's Church Rd.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum Thickness: 24 to 45 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 18 to 42 inches, January to April
Rock Fragments: 0 to 15 percent, by volume in the A, E, and B horizon and 0 to 20 in the C horizon, mostly quartz pebbles
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid, throughout the profile, unless limed
Other Features:
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A horizons (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 or 4, chroma of 1 to 4
Texture--loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy loam
Ap horizons:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 2 to 4
Texture--loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy loam
E horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 or 6, chroma of 2 to 4
Texture--fine sandy loam or sandy loam
BE or BA horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 or 6, chroma of 4 to 8
Textiure--loam, sandy loam or fine sandy loam
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 or 6, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture--sandy clay loam or loam, and less commonly sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or clay loam
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and iron accumulations in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
BC horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 8
Textiure--sandy clay loam, loam, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and iron accumulations in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
BCg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 8, and chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 4 to 8
Texture--sandy loam, loamy sand, or sand and may contain thin strata of fine sandy clay loam, silt loam, or sandy clay loam
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and iron accumulations in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
C horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 8, and chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--sandy loam, loamy sand, or sand and may contain thin strata of fine sandy clay loam, silt loam, or sandy clay loam
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and iron accumulations in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
Cg horizon (if it occurs)::
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 8, and chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 4 to 8
Texture--sandy loam, loamy sand, or sand and may contain thin strata of fine sandy clay loam, silt loam, or sandy clay loam
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and iron accumulations in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
COMPETING SERIES:
Adelphia soils--formed in loamy marine sediments that contain 10 to 40 percent, by volume glauconite in the subsoil, on similar landforms
Bigpool soils--formed in alluvium derived from sedimentary rocks
Blairton soils--formed in residuum from gray shale and are moderately deep to hard bedrock
Cotaco soils--formed in alluvium, and colluvium derived from sandstone, siltstone, and shale
Delanco soils--formed in materials weathered from micaceous crystalline rocks
Dillard soils--formed in loamy alluvium in the Blue
Ridge Mountains
Fenwick soils--formed in residuum from sandstone, siltstone, and shale and are moderately deep to hard bedrock
Holmdel soils--formed in loamy marine sediments that contain 2 to 10 percent, by volume glauconite in the subsoil, on similar landforms
Trackler(T) soils--formed in colluvium and residuum from fine-grained igneous rocks
Tuscarawas soils--formed in colluvium and residuum derived from clay shale
Wharton soils--formed in residuum from sandstone, siltstone, and shale
Whiteside soils--formed in colluvium in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain
Landform: Upland marine terraces and old stream terraces
Elevation: 5 to 120 feet
Parent Material: Sandy marine and old alluvial sediments
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 52 to 57 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 42 to 48 inches
Frost Free Period: 190 to 210 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Downer soils--well drained and have a coarse-loamy particle-size control section, on slightly higher landforms
Elkton soils--poorly drained and have a fine-silty particle-size control section, on lower-lying landforms
Fallsington soils--poorly drained, on lower-lying landforms
Mattapex soils---have a fine-silty particle-size control section, on similar landforms
Sassafras soils--well drained and have a fine-loamy particle-size control section, on slightly higher landforms
USE: Most of the areas are used for crops including corn, soybeans, small grains, hay, and pasture.
VEGETATION: Native vegetation is oak and hardwoods with some Virginia pine. Loblolly pine occur in the southern part of the series range.
DISTRIBUTION: New
Jersey,
Delaware, Maryland, the District of
Columbia, and the eastern part of Virginia and Pennsylvania.
EXTENT: Large
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Sussex County,
Delaware, 1920
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and other diagnostic soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the surface of the soil to a depth of approximately 11 inches (Ap and E horizons)
Argillic horizon--the zone from a depth of approximately 11 to 29 inches (Bt1 and Bt2 horizons)
Aquic conditions--the zone from 19 inches to a depth of 80 inches is periodically saturated (endosaturation)
SERIES INTERPRETATION RECORD(S): MD0036, MD0080 (CLAY SUBSTRATUM)
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
MD0036 WOODSTOWN 0- 30 52- 57 190-210 42- 48 5- 120
MD0080 WOODSTOWN 0- 8 52- 57 190-210 42- 48 5- 120
SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness
MD0036 NONE 1.5-3.5 APPARENT JAN-APR >60
MD0080 NONE 1.5-3.0 APPARENT FEB-APR >60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC-
MD0036 0-11 SL FSL 0- 0 80-100 5-18 2- 10
MD0036 0-11 L 0- 0 85-100 5-18 2- 10
MD0036 11-29 SCL L SL 0- 0 70-100 18-35 1- 5
MD0036 29-70 SR GR-S SL 0- 0 70- 95 5-20 1- 5
MD0080 0-12 SL 0- 0 90-100 10-15 -
MD0080 12-36 SL SCL 0- 0 90-100 10-22 -
MD0080 36-45 LS 0- 0 90-100 2- 8 -
MD0080 45-60 SC 0- 0 90-100 20-40 -
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll
MD0036 0-11 3.6- 5.5 1.-2. 0- 0 0.6- 6.0 LOW
MD0036 0-11 3.6- 5.5 1.-2. 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
MD0036 11-29 3.6- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 0.2- 6.0 LOW
MD0036 29-70 3.6- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 0.6- 6.0 LOW
MD0080 0-12 3.6- 5.5 .5-2. 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
MD0080 12-36 3.6- 5.5 .5-2. 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
MD0080 36-45 3.6- 5.5 .5-2. 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
MD0080 45-60 3.6- 5.5 .5-1. 0- 0 0.0- 0.2 MODERATE
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.