IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bridgehampton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958RI009003
  • User Pedon ID: S1958RI009003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958RI009003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5412
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42657
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 41.4627609
  • Std. Longitude: -71.5011520
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 1/2 mile east of Asa Pond in the town of South Kingston.
  • State: Rhode Island
  • County: RI009—Washington
  • 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bridgehampton
  • 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

    AGGI2

    ELRE4

    VIBUR

    Agrostis gigantea

    Elymus repens

    Viburnum

    redtop

    quackgrass

    viburnum

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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
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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate coarse granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A40714
    B21—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40715
    B22—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40716
    A'2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent fine faint mottles; coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40717
    B'2lir—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40718
    B22g—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very fine sandy loam; 21 percent medium distinct mottles; very friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A40719
    A'2—97 to 104 centimeters (38.2 to 40.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and dark gray (5Y 4/1) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly coarse sand; very friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A40720
    Duir—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); gravelly coarse sand, coarse sandy loam; firm; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A40721
    Du—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); gravelly coarse sand, coarse sandy loam; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40722. Same as overlying horizon with only a very few iron stains.