IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Massapog
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006RI009013-QP
  • User Pedon ID: S2006RI009013-QP
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0613QP
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82966
  • 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: 41.3382639
  • Std. Longitude: -71.7266944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Edge of Flood Tidal Delta, Quonochontaug Pond, Charlestown, Rhode Island. 1100 ft NW of entrance to breachway
  • Map Unit: WMg0—Massapog fine sand, 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: M. Bradley, J. Turenne, M. Payne
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Fluventic Psammowassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Massapog
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Fluventic Psammowassents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/30/2007
  • 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 estuarine deposits derived from mixed
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Geology: Coastal Pond formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/30/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: flooded
  • Surface Water Depth: 2
  • 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 - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 50
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    C1

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    Cg2

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    CA

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    2Ab

    2Ab

    2Cg

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    3Ab

    3Ab

    3Cg

    3Cg

    0

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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

    C1

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    Cg1

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cg2

    CA

    CA

    2Ab

    2Ab

    2Cg

    2Cg

    3Ab

    3Ab

    3Cg

    3Cg

    0

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    7.6

    9.52

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    7.2

    7.5

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    7.74

    7.7

    7.41

    7.4

    7.68

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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 %

    C1

    C1

    C2

    C2

    Cg1

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cg2

    CA

    CA

    2Ab

    2Ab

    2Cg

    2Cg

    3Ab

    3Ab

    3Cg

    3Cg

    0

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    9

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    48

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    65

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    100

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

    reduced matrix

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    lithologic discontinuity

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    lithologic discontinuity

    0—100

    0—195

    115—161

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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

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    C1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior fine sand; 97 percent sand; 3 percent silt; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; low excavation difficulty; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0613QP1; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    C2—9 to 48 centimeters (3.5 to 18.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) interior fine sand; 97 percent sand; 3 percent silt; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; gradual boundary. Lab sample # RI0613QP2; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cg1—48 to 65 centimeters (18.9 to 25.6 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior fine sand; 97 percent sand; 3 percent silt; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; gradual boundary. Lab sample # RI0613QP3; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cg2—65 to 100 centimeters (25.6 to 39.4 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior fine sand; 96 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; gradual boundary. Lab sample # RI0613QP4; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    CA—100 to 115 centimeters (39.4 to 45.3 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior fine sand; 97 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0613QP5; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    2Ab—115 to 150 centimeters (45.3 to 59.1 inches); black (N 2.5/0) interior fine sand; 91 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0613QP6; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    2Cg—150 to 161 centimeters (59.1 to 63.4 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) interior fine sand; 92 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0613QP7; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    3Ab—161 to 181 centimeters (63.4 to 71.3 inches); black (N 2.5/0) interior fine sand; 89 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0613QP8; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    3Cg—181 to 195 centimeters (71.3 to 76.8 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) interior fine sand; 94 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 5 percent by volume flat subangular 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter. Lab sample # RI0613QP9; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube