IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Massapog
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007RI009003-QP
  • User Pedon ID: S2007RI009003-QP
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0703QP
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87739
  • 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: 41.3362250
  • Std. Longitude: -71.7258333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Quonochontaug Pond, Charleston, RI
  • 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
  • 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: Maggie Payne
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Sulfic Psammowassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Massapog
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Sulfic Psammowassents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • 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: flood tidal delta sandy marine deposits derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landform: flood-tidal delta
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Geology: Flood Tidal Delta Flat formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cse

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    C'se

    C'g1

    C'g2

    Cg3

    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

    Cg1

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    C'g1

    C'g2

    Cg3

    0

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    92

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    7.7

    3.1

    7.6

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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 %

    Cg1

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    C'g1

    C'g2

    Cg3

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

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    sulfidic materials

    0—160

    0—160

    25—55

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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
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    RI4266

    Kingston

    WETS
    Cg1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) sand; 99 percent sand; 1 percent silt; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0703QP1; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cg2—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) sand; 99 percent sand; 1 percent silt; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0703QP2; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse—25 to 55 centimeters (9.8 to 21.7 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) fine sand; 99 percent sand; 1 percent silt; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0703QP3; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Ab—55 to 60 centimeters (21.7 to 23.6 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) loamy sand; 96 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0703QP4; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    C'se—60 to 92 centimeters (23.6 to 36.2 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) sand; 99 percent sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0703QP5; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    C'g1—92 to 115 centimeters (36.2 to 45.3 inches); very fine sand; 98 percent sand; 2 percent silt; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 10 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0703QP6; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    C'g2—115 to 132 centimeters (45.3 to 52.0 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) fine sand; 94 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0703QP7; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cg3—132 to 160 centimeters (52.0 to 63.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) coarse sand; 98 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 20 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter. Lab sample # RI0703QP8; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube