IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fort Neck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005RI009012A-NP
  • User Pedon ID: S2005RI009012A-NP
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0512NP
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87530
  • 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: 41.3677778
  • Std. Longitude: -71.6322222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Ninigret Pond, Charlestown, RI. East basin, SW of Allen's cove. 300 Feet south of Arches Road, 875 feet west of Pond Street.
  • Map Unit: WFn0—Fort Neck silt loam, 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, Mark Stolt, Mike Bradley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Haplic Sulfiwassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fort Neck
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/2018
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fort Neck
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Sulfiwassents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty estuarine deposits derived from mixed over silty eolian deposits derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock over gravelly glaciofluvial deposits derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landform: lagoon bottom
  • Drainage Class: subaqueous
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Geology: Coastal Lagoon formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: ponded
  • Surface Water Depth: 114
  • Plant Association Name: Eelgrass
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - water cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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    Cse1

    Cse1

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    2Cse3

    2Cse3

    3CA1

    3CA1

    3C1

    3C1

    4C1

    4C1

    4C2

    4C2

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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

    Ase

    CAse

    CAse

    Cse1

    Cse1

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    Cse2

    2Cse3

    2Cse3

    3CA1

    3CA1

    3C1

    3C1

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    6.8

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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

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    Cse1

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    Cse2

    Cse2

    2Cse3

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    3CA1

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    3C1

    3C1

    4C1

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    4C2

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
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    aquic conditions

    ochric epipedon

    n value > 0.7

    sulfidic materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—138

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    34—62

    78—85

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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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    RI4266

    Kingston

    WETS
    Ase—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) interior silt; 7 percent sand; 92 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; very fluid; low toughness; extremely low penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; ; 1 percent by volume flat angular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; sulfurous odor; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter, saturated paste; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0512NP1; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    CAse—9 to 34 centimeters (3.5 to 13.4 inches); variegated 60 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior and 40 percent black (5Y 2.5/1) interior, gray (5Y 6/1) interior, dry; silt loam; 9 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 25 percent clay; structureless massive; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; slightly fluid; low excavation difficulty; fragments; sulfurous odor; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0512NP2; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse1—34 to 62 centimeters (13.4 to 24.4 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior, gray (5Y 6/1) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 17 percent clay; structureless massive; very hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; slightly fluid; low toughness; very low penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; 1 percent by volume flat angular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; sulfurous odor; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0512NP3; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse2—62 to 78 centimeters (24.4 to 30.7 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior sand; 88 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; low toughness; low penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; 1 percent fine and medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with sharp boundaries infused into matrix adjacent to pores and 1 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-2-5 millimeter granite fragments; sulfurous odor; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0512NP4; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    2Cse3—78 to 85 centimeters (30.7 to 33.5 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior, light gray (5Y 7/1) interior, dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 64 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 3 percent clay; structureless massive; very hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 23 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 5-20-75 millimeter granite fragments; sulfurous odor; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0512NP5; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    3CA1—85 to 103 centimeters (33.5 to 40.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior very gravelly coarse sandy loam; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 53 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 5-20-75 millimeter granite fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter, saturated paste; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0512NP6; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    3C1—103 to 121 centimeters (40.6 to 47.6 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior, gray (2.5Y 6/1) interior, dry; stratified stratified extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; 74 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 60 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 5-20-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0512NP7; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    4C1—121 to 133 centimeters (47.6 to 52.4 inches); variegated coarse sand; 91 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0512NP8, RI0512NP9, RI0512NP10; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    4C2—133 to 138 centimeters (52.4 to 54.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior stratified stratified very gravelly coarse sand; 97 percent sand; 3 percent silt; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 35 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-5-5 millimeter granite fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter, saturated paste. Lab sample # RI0512NP11; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube