IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fort Neck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006CT011004
  • User Pedon ID: S2006CT011004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0034
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18895
  • 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: 41.3494720
  • Std. Longitude: -71.8823318
  • 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, superactive, nonacid, mesic Haplic Sulfiwassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fort Neck (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 0 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/2023
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wamphassuc
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: estuarine deposits over melt-out till
  • Landscape: estuary
  • Landform: mainland cove
  • 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 - 30
    • 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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    2Cseg5

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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

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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 %

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

    ochric epipedon

    reduced matrix

    aquic conditions

    n value > 0.7

    sulfidic materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—15

    0—130

    0—130

    0—39

    39—91

    122—200

    —15—

    —130—

    —130—

    —39—

    —52—

    —78—
    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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    Aseg—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very fluid; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; 3 N-Value of Manner of Failure; slight sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00180; very moist when described; observed in push tube
    ACseg1—15 to 27 centimeters (5.9 to 10.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very fluid; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; 3 N-Value of Manner of Failure; moderate sulfurous odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00181; very moist when described; observed in push tube
    ACseg2—27 to 39 centimeters (10.6 to 15.4 inches); greenish black (5GY 2.5/1) silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very fluid; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; fragments; 3 N-Value of Manner of Failure; moderate sulfurous odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00182; very moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cseg1—39 to 78 centimeters (15.4 to 30.7 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 3/1) silt loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; 0.5 N-Value of Manner of Failure; moderate sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00183; very moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cseg2—78 to 91 centimeters (30.7 to 35.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; 0.5 N-Value of Manner of Failure; moderate sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00184; very moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cseg3—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; 0.2 N-Value of Manner of Failure; none odor; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00185; very moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cseg4—112 to 122 centimeters (44.1 to 48.0 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent medium prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist,; fragments; 0.2 N-Value of Manner of Failure; none odor; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00186; very moist when described; observed in push tube
    2Cseg5—122 to 200 centimeters (48.0 to 78.7 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) gravelly loamy coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 1.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 16 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-15-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 0.2 N-Value of Manner of Failure; none odor; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 07N00187; very moist when described; observed in push tube