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.