IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Quinnipiac

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2006CT007001

User Pedon ID: S2006CT007001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 07N0035

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18896

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 41.3001671

Std. Longitude: -72.3571701

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Middlesex County, Town of Old Saybrook, approximately 1500 feet SW from the intersection of Clark Street and Ferry Road, N of Rock Creek, on a tidal marsh.

Map Unit: 99—Westbrook mucky peat, low salt

Country: US—United States

State: Connecticut

County: CT007—Middlesex

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-C3—Old Lyme, Connecticut

PEDON

Describers Name: D. Surabian, S. McVey, C. Morgan

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Sulfaquents

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Quinnipiac

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/5/2024

Classifier - Donald Parizek

Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Ipswich

Classificaton Date - 8/16/2006

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: yes

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 1

SITE

Parent Material: organic materials

Landform: tidal marsh

Slope Complexity: complex

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: very poorly

Flooding: very frequent flooding for very brief periods

Ponding: none ponding

Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: yes

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/16/2006 (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 - marshland

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - sunny

Current Air Temp - 32

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
sulfidic materials histic epipedon aquic conditions endosaturation hemic soil materials sapric soil materials reduced matrix	— 0—25 0—230 0—230 0—25 53—86 86—230	—- —- —- —- —- —- —-

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
0	—	—	3	—	160	1250	—	160	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ase1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) mucky silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very fluid; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in push tube

Ase2—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) mucky silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very fluid; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in push tube

Ase3—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately fluid; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in push tube

Ase4—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately fluid; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in push tube

Ase5—114 to 133 centimeters (44.9 to 52.4 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately fluid; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in push tube

Ase6—133 to 155 centimeters (52.4 to 61.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately fluid; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in push tube

Cse1—155 to 186 centimeters (61.0 to 73.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sandy loam; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; rapid permeability; high excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in push tube

Cse2—186 to 210 centimeters (73.2 to 82.7 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) sandy loam; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; rapid permeability; very high excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in push tube

Cse3—210 to 230 centimeters (82.7 to 90.6 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silt loam; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; rapid permeability; very high excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter.; wet when described; observed in push tube