IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Narragansett
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005CT003001
  • User Pedon ID: S2005CT003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 05CT003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0877
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17922
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 41.8399167
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5472778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hartford County, Town of South Windsor, in Nevers Park, approximately 525 feet west from the intersection of Abbe Road and Andreis Trail, in a forested area.
  • Map Unit: 67B—Narragansett silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT003—Hartford
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT003—Hartford County, ConnecticutCT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-G5—Manchester, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Surabian, S. McVey, D. Parizek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Narragansett
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/2012
  • Classifier - Donald C. Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Narragansett
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: hill
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 32
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    QUAL

    QURU

    SAAL5

    VAAN

    VACO

    Acer rubrum

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Sassafras albidum

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    Vaccinium corymbosum

    red maple

    white oak

    northern red oak

    sassafras

    lowbush blueberry

    highbush blueberry

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    abrupt textural change

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    70 - 114

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

    fibric soil materials

    hemic soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—3

    3—5

    5—10

    10—70

    70—114

    70—114

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    8/8/2005

    50

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    15
    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

    5

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    19

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    180

    1250

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    160

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; extremely acid, pH 4.0, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Oe—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout; 50.0 very fine high-continuity irregular and 50.0 fine high-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; extremely acid, pH 4.0, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; 23 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 25.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 medium roots throughout and 25.0 fine roots throughout; 25.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 13 percent by volume 2-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 0.5 original spring of penetrometer; 0.75 original spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed gravelly silt loam; 25 percent sand; 68 percent silt; 8 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 250-300-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1.5 original spring of penetrometer; 1 original spring of penetrometer; 0.5 original spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed gravelly silt loam; 27 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 5 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 250-300-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; 0.75 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 1 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—56 to 70 centimeters (22.0 to 27.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed gravelly silt loam; 45 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 250-300-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1.25 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 1.5 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary.; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2C—70 to 114 centimeters (27.6 to 44.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) crushed very gravelly coarse sand; 88 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; high horizontal penetration resistance; rapid permeability; extremely high excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 25.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 600-750-900 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 250-400-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 3.75 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 3.5 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red.; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small. 56 lbs boulders 19 lbs stones 0 lbs cobbles 15 lbs 20mm sieve coarse gravel 9 lbs 4.75mm sieve medium gravel 5 lbs 2mm sieve fine gravel 85% fragments