IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pishagqua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006RI009017-QP
  • User Pedon ID: S2006RI009017-QP
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0617QP
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87691
  • 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: 41.3365556
  • Std. Longitude: -71.7393611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Quonochontaug Pond, Charlestown, RI NW cove
  • 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
  • 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-C6—Quonochontaug, Rhode Island

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Turenne
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Fluventic Sulfiwassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pishagqua
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/24/2018
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pishagqua
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Fluventic Sulfiwassents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/16/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lagoonal deposits
  • Landform: lagoon bottom
  • Drainage Class: subaqueous
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/16/2007 (entry creation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - water cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    ACse

    Cse

    Cg

    C'se

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    80

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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

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    5.9

    3.3

    3.1

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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 %

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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

    ochric epipedon

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    0—135

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    10—35

    80—125

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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
    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 34 percent clay; structureless massive; loose; very fluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter, saturated paste; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0617QP1; moist when described; observed in push tube
    ACse—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) clay loam; 43 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 30 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable; very fluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0617QP2; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cse—30 to 35 centimeters (11.8 to 13.8 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) fine sandy loam; 59 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 10 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable; moderately fluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0617QP3; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cg—35 to 80 centimeters (13.8 to 31.5 inches); black (5Y 2.5/2) silty clay loam; 13 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 28 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable; moderately fluid; 1 percent by volume 2-?-? millimeter shell fragments fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter, saturated paste; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0617QP4; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C'se—80 to 125 centimeters (31.5 to 49.2 inches); black (5Y 2.5/2) silt loam; 30 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 18 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable; moderately fluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter, saturated paste; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0617QP5; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C'g—125 to 135 centimeters (49.2 to 53.1 inches); black (5Y 2.5/2) silty clay; 7 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 41 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable; moderately fluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter, saturated paste. Lab sample # RI0617QP6; moist when described; observed in push tube