IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Enfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000RI009001
  • User Pedon ID: S2000RI009001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000RI009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1232
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12728
  • 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: 41.4778328
  • Std. Longitude: -71.5616913
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Rhode Island
  • County: RI009—Washington
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: RI600—State of Rhode Island: Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41071-D5—Kingston (digital), Rhode Island

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald Parizek, Dr. Mark Schottz, Deb Frigon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Enfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Enfield
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/2000
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/29/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    RHODO

    Rhododendron

    rhododendron

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    hemic soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    0—6

    6—9

    9—21

    21—64

    75—200

    75—200

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    —3—

    —12—

    —43—

    —125—

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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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    39

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    Oe—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07160. Oe#1 5x7x7 cm, Oe#2 5.5x6.5x5 cm, Oe#3 2x12x8 cm.
    Oa—6 to 9 centimeters (2.4 to 3.5 inches); black (N 2/0) highly decomposed plant material; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07161. Oa#1 2x30x9 cm, Oa#2 2X19x9 cm, Oa#3 2x12x8 cm.
    Ap—9 to 21 centimeters (3.5 to 8.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07162. rock fragments: <1%; thin A 2cm forming in Ap.
    Bw1—21 to 33 centimeters (8.3 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots and 2.0 medium roots throughout and coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07163. rock fragments: none
    Bw2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07164. rock fragments: none.
    Bw3—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07165. rock fragments: none
    BC—64 to 75 centimeters (25.2 to 29.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine interstitial and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07166
    2C1—75 to 112 centimeters (29.5 to 44.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots top of horizon; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07167. roots in upper 15cm.
    2C2—112 to 150 centimeters (44.1 to 59.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07168. roots: none
    2C3—150 to 200 centimeters (59.1 to 78.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 00P07169. rock fragments: none; roots: none.