IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Quinnipiac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006CT011005
  • User Pedon ID: S2006CT011005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0036
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18897
  • 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: 41.2849426
  • Std. Longitude: -72.3340530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: New London County, Town of Old Lyme, approximately 1485 feet SW from the intersection of Smith Neck Road and Town Landing Road, on Great Island tidal marsh.
  • Map Unit: 98—Westbrook mucky peat, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently flooded
  • 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: 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: herbaceous organic material over glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: coastal lowland
  • Landform: tidal marsh
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • 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

    endosaturation

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    0—166

    0—166

    0—166

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    180

    1250

    160

    A1—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 30.0 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
    A2—16 to 38 centimeters (6.3 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) mucky silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in push tube
    A3—38 to 52 centimeters (15.0 to 20.5 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) mucky silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 8.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in push tube
    A4—52 to 81 centimeters (20.5 to 31.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) mucky silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in push tube
    A5—81 to 100 centimeters (31.9 to 39.4 inches); black (5Y 2.5/2) mucky silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in push tube
    A6—100 to 116 centimeters (39.4 to 45.7 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) mucky silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in push tube
    A7—116 to 134 centimeters (45.7 to 52.8 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) mucky silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in push tube
    2Cg1—134 to 149 centimeters (52.8 to 58.7 inches); black (N 2.5/0) stratified stratified fine sandy loam; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; very high excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in push tube
    2Cg2—149 to 166 centimeters (58.7 to 65.4 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) fine sandy loam; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; very high excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter.; wet when described; observed in push tube