IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wequetequock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006CT011002
  • User Pedon ID: S2006CT011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0032
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18893
  • Print Date: 3/13/2025

    • 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: 41.3444710
  • Std. Longitude: -71.8817215
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Little Narragansett Bay
  • Map Unit: 800—Wequetequock mucky silt loam, 0 to 2 meter water depth
  • 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: 41071-C7—Watch Hill, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Surabian, S. McVey, M. Payne
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Fluventic Sulfiwassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wequetequock
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wequetequock
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: marine deposits
  • Landform: submerged upland tidal marsh
  • Drainage Class: subaqueous
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 32
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ag

    ACg

    Cg

    2Oa1

    3Cb1

    3Cgb2

    3Cgb3

    3Cgb4

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    57

    72

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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

    Ag

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    2Oa1

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    3Cgb2

    3Cgb3

    3Cgb4

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    3.5

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    6.5

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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 %

    Ag

    ACg

    Cg

    2Oa1

    3Cb1

    3Cgb2

    3Cgb3

    3Cgb4

    0

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

    sulfidic materials

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    ochric epipedon

    sapric soil materials

    reduced matrix

    0—32

    0—152

    0—57

    0—32

    57—72

    72—152

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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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    Ag—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) mucky silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very fluid; 4.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; 3 N-Value of Manner of Failure; sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00167; very moist when described; observed in push tube
    ACg—20 to 32 centimeters (7.9 to 12.6 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) mucky loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very fluid; 4.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine irregular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-15-76 millimeter mixed fragments; 3 N-Value of Manner of Failure; sulfurous odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00168; very moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cg—32 to 57 centimeters (12.6 to 22.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; slightly fluid; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-15-76 millimeter mixed fragments; 1.5 N-Value of Manner of Failure; sulfurous odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00169; very moist when described; observed in push tube
    2Oa1—57 to 72 centimeters (22.4 to 28.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; slightly fluid; 5.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; fragments; 1.5 N-Value of Manner of Failure; sulfurous odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00170; very moist when described; observed in push tube
    3Cb1—72 to 99 centimeters (28.3 to 39.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; slightly fluid; 5.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; fragments; 1.5 N-Value of Manner of Failure; sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00171; very moist when described; observed in push tube
    3Cgb2—99 to 134 centimeters (39.0 to 52.8 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 4/1) reduced loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 2.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-15-76 millimeter mixed fragments; 0.2 N-Value of Manner of Failure; none odor; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00172; very moist when described; observed in push tube
    3Cgb3—134 to 144 centimeters (52.8 to 56.7 inches); N 4/1 (N 4/1) reduced sandy loam; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 2.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 3 percent medium prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist,; fragments; 0.2 N-Value of Manner of Failure; none odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00173; very moist when described; observed in push tube
    3Cgb4—144 to 152 centimeters (56.7 to 59.8 inches); N 5/1 (N 5/1) reduced very gravelly coarse sandy loam; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 1.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 40 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-15-76 millimeter mixed fragments; 0.2 N-Value of Manner of Failure; none odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 07N00174; very moist when described; observed in push tube