IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Massapog
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006RI009003-WH
  • User Pedon ID: S2006RI009003-WH
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0603WH
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87742
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 41.5760278
  • Std. Longitude: -71.4412778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of N. Kingstown, Wickford Harbor, 850 feet southwest of Sauga Point, 1,280 feet northwest of Big Rock Point
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Rhode Island
  • County: RI009—Washington
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • 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-E4—Wickford, Rhode Island

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Payne
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Fluventic Psammowassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Massapog
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Fluventic Psammowassents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy marine deposits derived from mixed
  • Landform: bay (geom.)
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: flooded
  • Surface Water Depth: 88
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - water cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    C/A

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cse1

    Cse2

    C

    0

    18

    58

    96

    133

    144

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    58

    96

    133

    144

    186

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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

    C/A

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cse1

    Cse2

    C

    0

    18

    58

    96

    133

    144

    18

    58

    96

    133

    144

    186

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    5.2

    5.5

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    3.7

    3.9

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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 %

    C/A

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cse1

    Cse2

    C

    0

    18

    58

    96

    133

    144

    18

    58

    96

    133

    144

    186

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    ec meter, saturated paste

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

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    ochric epipedon

    sulfidic materials

    n value > 0.7

    0—186

    0—186

    0—18

    96—144

    144—186

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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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    RI4266

    Kingston

    WETS
    C/A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); variegated 60 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior and 40 percent black (N 2.5/0) interior sand; 97 percent sand; 3 percent silt; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; moderate excavation difficulty; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI0603WH1; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cg1—18 to 58 centimeters (7.1 to 22.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior fine sand; 95 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; moderate excavation difficulty; 3 percent by volume flat angular shell fragments fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI0603WH2; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cg2—58 to 96 centimeters (22.8 to 37.8 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior fine sand; 93 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; moderate excavation difficulty; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI0603WH3; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse1—96 to 133 centimeters (37.8 to 52.4 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior fine sand; 93 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; moderate excavation difficulty; 3 percent by volume flat subangular shell fragments fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI0603WH4; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse2—133 to 144 centimeters (52.4 to 56.7 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior loamy fine sand; 86 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; moderate excavation difficulty; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded shell fragments fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI0603WH5; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    C—144 to 186 centimeters (56.7 to 73.2 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) interior loamy fine sand; 75 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, slightly plastic; slightly fluid; moderate excavation difficulty; 1 percent by volume flat subangular shell fragments fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter. Lab sample # RI0603WH6; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube