IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Massapog
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005RI009011A-NP
  • User Pedon ID: S2005RI009011A-NP
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0511NP
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87441
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 41.3661111
  • Std. Longitude: -71.6327778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Ninigret Pond, Charelston, RI - East Basin, 240 feet northeast of the northern tip of Heather Island and 1,540 feet west of the intersection of Nutmeg Ln. and Charlestown Beach Road
  • Map Unit: WMg0—Massapog fine sand, 0 to 1 meter water depth
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Rhode Island
  • County: RI009—Washington
  • MLRA: 149B—Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: RI600—State of Rhode Island: Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41071-C6—Quonochontaug, Rhode Island

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Turenne, Mike Bradley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Sulfic Psammowassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Massapog
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Sulfic Psammowassents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy estuarine deposits derived from igneous and metamorphic rock
  • Landform: Washover Fan Flat washover-fan flat
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Geology: Coastal Lagoon formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: ponded
  • Surface Water Depth: 558
  • Plant Association Name: Scattered Eelgrass
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - water cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ase

    Cse1

    Cse2

    Ab

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    ACseb

    C''se1

    C''se2

    Cg

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    37

    54

    68

    75

    93

    121

    148

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ase

    Cse1

    Cse2

    Ab

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    ACseb

    C''se1

    C''se2

    Cg

    0

    18

    37

    54

    68

    75

    93

    121

    148

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ase

    Cse1

    Cse2

    Ab

    C'se

    ACseb

    C''se1

    C''se2

    Cg

    0

    18

    37

    54

    68

    75

    93

    121

    148

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    54

    68

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    93

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    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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

    aquic conditions

    ochric epipedon

    sulfidic materials

    0—160

    0—18

    75—121

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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

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    RI4266

    Kingston

    WETS
    Ase—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (N 2.5/0) interior and gray (5Y 5/1) oxidized, light greenish gray (10Y 7/1) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; 77 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; sulfurous odor; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter, saturated paste; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0511NP1; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse1—18 to 37 centimeters (7.1 to 14.6 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior, light gray (N 7/0) interior, dry; fine sand; 89 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 5 percent by volume flat shell fragments fragments; sulfurous odor; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter, saturated paste; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0511NP2; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse2—37 to 54 centimeters (14.6 to 21.3 inches); variegated 95 percent N 4/1 (N 4/1) interior and 5 percent N 3/1 (N 3/1) interior, light gray (N 7/0) interior, dry; stratified stratified sand to fine sand; 95 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 1 percent clay; 2 percent very dark gray (N 3/0) medium distinct irregular mottles; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 2 percent by volume flat shell fragments fragments; sulfurous odor; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0511NP3; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Ab—54 to 68 centimeters (21.3 to 26.8 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0) interior and gray (N 6/0) interior fine sandy loam; 66 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 7 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; slightly fluid; 1 percent by volume flat shell fragments fragments; none odor; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter, saturated paste; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0511NP4; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    C'se—68 to 75 centimeters (26.8 to 29.5 inches); 70 percent dark gray (N 4/0) interior and 30 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior, light gray (N 7/0) interior, dry; stratified stratified loamy fine sand; 82 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 4 percent clay; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat shell fragments fragments; sulfurous odor; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0511NP5; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    ACseb—75 to 93 centimeters (29.5 to 36.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, gray (N 6/0) interior, dry; sand; 90 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat shell fragments fragments; sulfurous odor; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter, saturated paste; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0511NP6; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    C''se1—93 to 121 centimeters (36.6 to 47.6 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) interior, light gray (N 7/0) interior, dry; sand; 97 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; sulfurous odor; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0511NP7; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    C''se2—121 to 148 centimeters (47.6 to 58.3 inches); 90 percent dark gray (N 4/0) interior and 10 percent very dark gray (N 3/0) interior, light gray (N 7/0) interior, dry; stratified stratified sand to loamy fine sand; 80 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 4 percent clay; structureless single grain; slightly hard, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat shell fragments fragments; sulfurous odor; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter, saturated paste; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0511NP8; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cg—148 to 160 centimeters (58.3 to 63.0 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) interior, white (N 8/0) interior, dry; fine sand; 98 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 2 percent by volume flat shell fragments fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter, saturated paste. Lab sample # RI0511NP9; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube