IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pishagqua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008RI009009-NP
  • User Pedon ID: S2008RI009009-NP
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0809NP
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82986
  • 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: 41.3589333
  • Std. Longitude: -71.6589833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: WPa1—Pishagqua silt loam, 1 to 2 meter water depth
  • 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Haplic Sulfiwassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pishagqua
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Haplic Sulfiwassents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy lagoonal deposits over sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landform: lagoon bottom
  • Drainage Class: subaqueous
  • Geology: Lagoon Bottom formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/2008 (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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ase

    ACse1

    ACse2

    2Cse1

    2Cse2

    0

    24

    35

    48

    56

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    56

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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

    Ase

    ACse1

    ACse2

    2Cse1

    2Cse2

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    35

    48

    56

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    77

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    3.2

    2.7

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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 %

    Ase

    ACse1

    ACse2

    2Cse1

    2Cse2

    0

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    35

    48

    56

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    56

    77

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

    aquic conditions

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    sulfidic materials

    0—77

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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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    Ase—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); black (N 2.5/), silt loam; 23 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 18 percent clay; structureless massive; friable; slightly fluid; fragments; sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0809NP1; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    ACse1—24 to 35 centimeters (9.4 to 13.8 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) silt loam; 44 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 11 percent clay; structureless massive; friable; slightly fluid; 7.0 fine roots; fragments; none odor; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0809NP2; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    ACse2—35 to 48 centimeters (13.8 to 18.9 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) sandy loam; 76 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 4 percent clay; structureless massive; friable; nonfluid; 7.0 fine roots; fragments; none odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0809NP3; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    2Cse1—48 to 56 centimeters (18.9 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) gravelly loamy sand; 92 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 10-25-40 millimeter quartz fragments; none odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0809NP4; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    2Cse2—56 to 77 centimeters (22.0 to 30.3 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) gravelly coarse sand; 96 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 5-22-40 millimeter quartz fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter. Lab sample # RI0809NP5; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube