Woodstown soil series
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
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults
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
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, over 250,000 acres
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Sussex County, Delaware, 1920
For more information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/delaware/susse...
For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/W/WOODSTOWN.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
Woodstown soil series
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
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults
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
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, over 250,000 acres
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Sussex County, Delaware, 1920
For more information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/delaware/susse...
For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/W/WOODSTOWN.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit: