LOCATION HOOKSAN NJ+MAEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mesic, uncoated Typic Quartzipsamments
TYPICAL PEDON: Hooksan sand, on rolling topography with beach grass and brush cover. (Colors are moist soils, unless otherwise noted.)
A--0 to 6 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; single grain; loose; few fine and medium roots; about 5 percent dark opaque grains; strongly acid, clear smooth boundary. (0 to 8 inches)
Cl--6 to 36 inches; pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) sand; single grain; loose; few fine and few medium roots; about 5 percent dark opaque grains; strongly acid; diffuse wavy boundary.
C2--36 to 50 inches; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; few fine and medium roots; about 5 percent dark opaque grains; slightly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
C3--50 to 90 inches; pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) sand; single grain; loose; about 5 percent dark opaque grains; neutral.
TYPE LOCATION: Monmouth County, New Jersey; Sandy Hook State Park, 500 feet east of road to north beach, 0.5 mile from intersection with the main road located 1.2 miles north from the entrance building.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Thickness of the Underlying Material: Greater than 72 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: Greater than 72 inches
Rock Fragments: 0 to 5 percent, by volume throughout the profile, mostly shells. Some pedons may contain individual layers lees 1 foot thick with up to 10 percent fragments.
Soil Reaction: Strongly acid to slightly alkaline A or AC horizon and moderately acid to slightly alkaline in the C horizon
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
O horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 2 to 4, chroma of 1 to 3
Texture--highly decomposed to slightly decomposed plant material
A horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 2 to 7, chroma of 1 or 2
Texture--fine sand, sand, or coarse sand
AC horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 to 7, chroma of 1 or 2
Texture-fine sand, sand, or coarse sand
C horizon (upper part):
Color--hue of 10YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 8, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture-fine sand, sand, or coarse sand
C horizon (lower part):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 1 to 8
Texture-fine sand, sand, or coarse sand. Some pedons have common 0.25 to 0.5 inch thick, roughly horizontal bands, with high proportion of dark minerals.
COMPETING SERIES:
Boone soils--are moderately deep to paralithic contact and are underlain by weathered sandstone
Carver soils--have a B horizon and formed in outwash plains and moraines
Tarr soils--have a B horizon and formed in alluvium derived from sandy siliceous sandstone
Tint soils--moderately well drained and have redoximorphic features within 72 inches, commonly within 40 inches
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain
Landform: Dunes commonly adjoining coastal beaches
Elevation: 0 to 25 feet
Parent Material: Sandy marine sediments
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 52 to 58 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 42 to 48 inches
Frost Free Period: 190 to 210 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Carver soils--have a B horizon of loamy coarse sand or coarser material and formed in glacial outwash, on adjacent landforms
Downer soils--well drained and have a coarse-loamy particle-size control section, on higher landforms
Eastchop soils--have a B horizon and formed in glacial outwash, on adjacent landforms
Evesboro soils--have a B horizon and contain more silt and clay in the particle-size control section, on higher landforms
Hammonton soils--moderately well drained and have a coarse-loamy particle-size control section, on adjacent landforms
Klej soils--somewhat poorly drained, on adjacent landforms
Plymouth soils--have a B horizon and formed in glacial outwash or deltaic deposits, on adjacent landforms
USE: Most of these soils are used for recreation, urban development, beach cottages, and wildlife.
VEGETATION: Native vegetation consists of beach grasses, poison ivy, beach plum, American holly, red cedar, black cherry, smooth sumac, green briar, and prickly pear cactus.
DISTRIBUTION: Mainly bordering the North Atlantic Coast in New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts
EXTENT: Moderate
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Monmouth County, New Jersey; 1983
REMARKS: Hooksan soils were previously mapped as Fripp, Udipsamments, or Coastal Beach. The Hooksan series was previously classified as siliceous, uncoated Typic Udipsamments.
Diagnostic horizons and other diagnostic soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the soil surface to a depth of 6 inches (A horizon)
SOIL INTERPRETATION RECORD: NJ0075, NJ0211
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation NJ0075 HOOKSAN 0- 35 52- 58 190-210 42- 48 -SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness NJ0075 NONE RARE 6.0-6.0 - >60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- NJ0075 0- 6 FS S 0- 0 98-100 1- 5 1- 4 NJ0075 6-90 FS S 0- 0 85-100 1- 5 0- 2
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll NJ0075 0- 6 5.1- 7.8 .5-1. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW NJ0075 6-90 5.6- 7.8 0.-.5 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW