IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Narragansett
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005CT011004
  • User Pedon ID: S2005CT011004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2005CT011004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0884
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17929
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.3803902
  • Std. Longitude: -72.0361938
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: New London County, Town of Groton, at a picnic area, approximately 1640 feet WSW from the intersection of Gold Star Hwy and North Road, in a forested area.
  • Map Unit: 68C—Narragansett silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT011—New London
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-D1—Uncasville, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Surabian, L. Krall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Humic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Narragansett
  • PSC - 26 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Narragansett
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits over sandy and gravelly melt-out till
  • Landscape: glaciated upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 32
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    ACSA3

    CORNU

    JUVI

    KALA

    QURU

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    Cornus

    Juniperus virginiana

    Kalmia latifolia

    Quercus rubra

    red maple

    sugar maple

    dogwood

    eastern redcedar

    mountain laurel

    northern red oak

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

    umbric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—26

    0—4

    26—96

    96—

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

    8/15/2005

    50

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    22
    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

    4

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    21

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    90

    1250

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    160

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    Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 20.0 fine roots throughout; fragments, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04541; observed in pit, small
    Ap1—4 to 13 centimeters (1.6 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; very low horizontal penetration resistance; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 2.0 medium low-continuity tubular and 4.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04542; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—13 to 26 centimeters (5.1 to 10.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 4.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 0.25 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 05N04543; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—26 to 51 centimeters (10.2 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 2.0 medium low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1.25 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 1 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 0.75 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04544; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed silt; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium low-continuity tubular and 4.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1.5 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 1 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04545; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—71 to 96 centimeters (28.0 to 37.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) crushed very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; 2.25 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 2 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 1.75 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 05N04546; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2C1—96 to 109 centimeters (37.8 to 42.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed loamy fine sand; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; rapid permeability; extremely high excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; 1 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 1.75 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 05N04547; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2C2—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed very gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low horizontal penetration resistance; rapid permeability; extremely high excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 5-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 0.75 Original spring of penetrometer; 0.25 Original spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 05N04548; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small. 24 lbs total 5 lbs 20mm sieve coarse gravel 6 lbs 4.75mm sieve medium gravel 3 lbs 2mm sieve fine gravel 10 lbs less than 2mm