Farmington soil series
A representative soil profile of the Farmington series. These shallow, well drained soils are found on dolomite and limestone bedrock areas of Kittatinny Valley. Dolomite bedrock is present in this profile at a depth of 38 centimeters. (Soil Survey of Sussex County, New Jersey; by Richard K. Shaw, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Farmington series consists of shallow, well drained and somewhat excessively drained soils formed in till. They are nearly level to very steep soils on glaciated uplands. Bedrock is at a depth of 10 to 20 inches. Slope ranges from 0 to 70 percent. The mean annual temperature is 49 degrees F. and the mean annual precipitation is 37 inches.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Eutrudepts
Solum thickness and depth to bedrock range from 10 to 20 inches. Rock fragments range from 5 to 35 percent by volume in the solum. Clay content ranges from 10 to 27 percent. The soil reaction ranges from strongly acid through neutral in the A horizon and from moderately acid through slightly alkaline in the B horizon. Free carbonates are in the fine-earth fraction above bedrock in some pedons.
USE AND VEGETATION: About two thirds of the soil has been cleared. In cleared areas, where the soil is deepest, corn, small grains and hay or pasture are grown, or the areas are idle. The shallowest soils are in unimproved pasture, are idle, or are in northern hardwood trees with sugar maple as the dominant species.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: New York, western Connecticut, Massachusetts, northern New Jersey, and Vermont. MLRA's 101, 140, 142, 143, 144A, 144B. Farmington soils are moderately extensive.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/new_jersey/sus...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/F/FARMINGTON.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#farmington
Farmington soil series
A representative soil profile of the Farmington series. These shallow, well drained soils are found on dolomite and limestone bedrock areas of Kittatinny Valley. Dolomite bedrock is present in this profile at a depth of 38 centimeters. (Soil Survey of Sussex County, New Jersey; by Richard K. Shaw, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Farmington series consists of shallow, well drained and somewhat excessively drained soils formed in till. They are nearly level to very steep soils on glaciated uplands. Bedrock is at a depth of 10 to 20 inches. Slope ranges from 0 to 70 percent. The mean annual temperature is 49 degrees F. and the mean annual precipitation is 37 inches.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Eutrudepts
Solum thickness and depth to bedrock range from 10 to 20 inches. Rock fragments range from 5 to 35 percent by volume in the solum. Clay content ranges from 10 to 27 percent. The soil reaction ranges from strongly acid through neutral in the A horizon and from moderately acid through slightly alkaline in the B horizon. Free carbonates are in the fine-earth fraction above bedrock in some pedons.
USE AND VEGETATION: About two thirds of the soil has been cleared. In cleared areas, where the soil is deepest, corn, small grains and hay or pasture are grown, or the areas are idle. The shallowest soils are in unimproved pasture, are idle, or are in northern hardwood trees with sugar maple as the dominant species.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: New York, western Connecticut, Massachusetts, northern New Jersey, and Vermont. MLRA's 101, 140, 142, 143, 144A, 144B. Farmington soils are moderately extensive.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/new_jersey/sus...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/F/FARMINGTON.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#farmington