IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fort Neck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006RI009011-QP
  • User Pedon ID: S2006RI009011-QP
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0611QP
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82964
  • 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: 41.3475278
  • Std. Longitude: -71.7236667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: State of Rhode Island, Washington County, Town of Charlestown - Quonochantaug Pond, north-central part - Shady Harbor. 1930 feet south of US Route 1 and Shady Harbor Road.
  • Map Unit: WFn0—Fort Neck silt loam, 0 to 1 meter water depth
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Rhode Island
  • County: RI009—Washington
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: RI600—State of Rhode Island: Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41071-C6—Quonochontaug, Rhode Island
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Maggie Payne, Jim Turenne
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Haplic Sulfiwassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fort Neck
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/2018
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fort Neck
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Haplic Sulfiwassents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/4/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy marine deposits derived from mixed over loamy supraglacial till
  • Drainage Class: subaqueous
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/4/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: flooded
  • Surface Water Depth: 1
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Cse

    ACse

    2Cse

    3Ab

    3Cg1

    3Cg2

    0

    25

    36

    70

    79

    101

    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

    Cse

    ACse

    2Cse

    3Ab

    3Cg1

    3Cg2

    0

    25

    36

    70

    79

    101

    3.94

    3.85

    3.24

    5.65

    6.59

    6.55

    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 %

    Cse

    ACse

    2Cse

    3Ab

    3Cg1

    3Cg2

    0

    25

    36

    70

    79

    101

    ec meter, saturated paste

    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

    aquic conditions

    sulfidic materials

    n value > 0.7

    lithologic discontinuity

    reduced matrix

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—106

    0—70

    0—25

    29—70

    36—70

    78—106

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    -1

    Cse—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); 50 percent black (5Y 2.5/1) interior and 50 percent dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) interior silt loam; 27 percent sand; 59 percent silt; 14 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable; moderately fluid; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; very abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0611QP1; moist when described; observed in push tube
    ACse—25 to 29 centimeters (9.8 to 11.4 inches); 60 percent dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) interior and 40 percent gray (5Y 5/1) interior sand; 90 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly fluid; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0611QP2; moist when described; observed in push tube
    2Ab—29 to 36 centimeters (11.4 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior sandy loam; structureless massive; slightly fluid; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0611QP3; moist when described; observed in push tube
    2Cse—36 to 70 centimeters (14.2 to 27.6 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior sand; 96 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless massive; loose; nonfluid; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0611QP4; moist when described; observed in push tube
    3Ab—70 to 78 centimeters (27.6 to 30.7 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) interior silt loam; 41 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 4 percent clay; structureless massive; friable; nonfluid; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0611QP5; moist when described; observed in push tube
    3Cg1—78 to 101 centimeters (30.7 to 39.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior fine sandy loam; 67 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 4 percent clay; structureless massive; friable; nonfluid; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter. Lab sample # RI0611QP6; moist when described; observed in push tube
    3Cg2—101 to 106 centimeters (39.8 to 41.7 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 4 percent clay; structureless massive; friable; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter. Lab sample # RI0611QP7; moist when described; observed in push tube