IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pishagqua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006RI009014-QP
  • User Pedon ID: S2006RI009014-QP
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0614QP
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82967
  • 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: 41.3389944
  • Std. Longitude: -71.7293667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lagoon bottom, Quonochontaug Pond, Charlestown, Rhode Island. 740 ft E of peninsula, 2440 ft N of barrier, 750 ft W of flood tidal delta
  • Map Unit: WPa2—Pishagqua silt loam, 2 to 3 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Sulfic Hydrowassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pishagqua
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Sulfic Hydrowassents
  • 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: fine-loamy estuarine deposits
  • Drainage Class: subaqueous
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Geology: Coastal Lagoon formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/30/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: flooded
  • Surface Water Depth: 13
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Cse1

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    Cse2

    Cse2

    Cg

    Cg

    C'se1

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    C'se2

    C'se2

    Cse3

    Cse3

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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

    Cse1

    Cse1

    Cse2

    Cse2

    Cg

    Cg

    C'se1

    C'se1

    C'se2

    C'se2

    Cse3

    Cse3

    0

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    54

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    64

    64

    77

    77

    102

    102

    207

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    7.01

    7

    7.22

    4.5

    7.22

    7.2

    3.99

    4

    4.35

    4.4

    6.59

    6.6

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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 %

    Cse1

    Cse1

    Cse2

    Cse2

    Cg

    Cg

    C'se1

    C'se1

    C'se2

    C'se2

    Cse3

    Cse3

    0

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    54

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    64

    64

    77

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    102

    102

    207

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    ec meter, saturated paste

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    ec meter, saturated paste

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    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    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

    n value > 0.7

    reduced matrix

    sulfidic materials

    0—224

    0—64

    64—77

    77—102

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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
    Cse1—0 to 54 centimeters (0.0 to 21.3 inches); black (N 2.5/0) interior silt loam; 26 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 12 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately fluid; fragments; sulfurous odor; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0614QP1; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse2—54 to 64 centimeters (21.3 to 25.2 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior silt loam; 25 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 13 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately fluid; fragments; sulfurous odor; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0614QP2; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cg—64 to 77 centimeters (25.2 to 30.3 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior very fine sandy loam; 73 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 4 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; slightly fluid; 1 percent by volume flat subangular 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; none odor; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0614QP3; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    C'se1—77 to 102 centimeters (30.3 to 40.2 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior silt loam; 22 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 11 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; slightly fluid; 1 percent by volume flat subangular 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; sulfurous odor; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; gradual boundary. Lab sample # RI0614QP4; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    C'se2—102 to 207 centimeters (40.2 to 81.5 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) interior silt loam; 35 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 12 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; slightly fluid; 1 percent by volume flat subangular 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; sulfurous odor; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI0614QP5; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse3—207 to 224 centimeters (81.5 to 88.2 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) interior silt loam; 31 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 16 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; slightly fluid; fragments; sulfurous odor; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter. Lab sample # RI0614QP6; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube