IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Newport
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958RI005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958RI005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958RI005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5413
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42658
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 41.5169258
  • Std. Longitude: -71.2394714
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Newport County, Rhode Island in the town of Middletown. About 1 mile east of Howland School.
  • State: Rhode Island
  • County: RI005—Newport
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: RI600—State of Rhode Island: Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. E. Shearin
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Newport
  • Classificaton Date - 11/12/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/12/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BROL

    Brassica oleracea

    cabbage

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) cobbly silt loam; coarse parts to weak coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A40723
    B21—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) cobbly silt loam; subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40724
    B22—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) cobbly silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40725
    C1—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) and olive gray (5Y 4/2) and olive (5Y 4/3) gravelly sandy loam; massive; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40726
    C2m—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) and 5 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) gravelly sandy loam; massive; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40727
    D—86 to 97 centimeters (33.9 to 38.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) and olive (5Y 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam, coarse sandy loam; fragments. Yellowish brown streaks and pockets appear to be rotten sandstone in places. The material below these horizons is similar to C2m horizon.