IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pishagqua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006RI009005-WH
  • User Pedon ID: S2006RI009005-WH
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0605WH
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87473
  • 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: 41.5834389
  • Std. Longitude: -71.4423778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Central Fishing Cove, Wickford Harbor
  • 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: Maggie Payne
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Fluventic Sulfiwassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pishagqua
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/6/2018
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pishagqua
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Fluventic Sulfiwassents
  • 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: bayfloor silty marine deposits derived from mixed
  • Drainage Class: subaqueous
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: flooded
  • 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 -
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ase

    ACse

    Cse1

    Cse2

    Cse3

    0

    13

    13

    46

    109

    13

    22

    22

    109

    113

    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

    Ase

    ACse

    Cse1

    Cse2

    Cse3

    0

    13

    13

    46

    109

    13

    22

    22

    109

    113

    4.5

    4.2

    4

    3.6

    3.2

    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 %

    Ase

    ACse

    Cse1

    Cse2

    Cse3

    0

    13

    13

    46

    109

    13

    22

    22

    109

    113

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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

    n value > 0.7

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    sulfidic materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—113

    0—119

    1—113

    22—113

    113—119

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    -3

    RI4266

    Kingston

    WETS

    Ase—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (N 2.5/0) interior silt loam; 17 percent sand; 64 percent silt; 19 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very fluid; fragments; sulfurous odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI0605WH1; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    ACse—13 to 22 centimeters (5.1 to 8.7 inches); greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) interior loam; 32 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 19 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very fluid; fragments; sulfurous odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI0605WH2; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse1—22 to 46 centimeters (8.7 to 18.1 inches); greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) interior loam; 40 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 16 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately fluid; fragments; sulfurous odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI0605WH3; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse2—46 to 109 centimeters (18.1 to 42.9 inches); greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) interior loam; 38 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 19 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately fluid; 1 percent by volume 2-?-? millimeter shell fragments fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-? millimeter mixed fragments; sulfurous odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI0605WH4; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse3—109 to 113 centimeters (42.9 to 44.5 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) interior fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; slightly fluid; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-? millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-? millimeter wood fragments; sulfurous odor; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI0605WH5; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    2Cse4—113 to 119 centimeters (44.5 to 46.9 inches); 50 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) interior and 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior sand; 98 percent sand; 2 percent silt; structureless single grain; loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-? millimeter mixed fragments; sulfurous odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI0605WH6; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube