IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pishagqua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008RI009017-WP
  • User Pedon ID: S2008RI009017-WP
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0817WP
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87435
  • 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: 41.3333972
  • Std. Longitude: -71.7817472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: East basin of Winnapaug Pond, Westerly, RI. Midway between two small islands.
  • 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: Jim Turenne and Maggie Payne
  • 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
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pishagqua
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Fluventic Sulfiwassents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/20/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/20/2009 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    aquic conditions

    n value > 0.7

    sulfidic materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—209

    0—209

    0—209

    160—209

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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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    A—0 to 40 centimeters (0.0 to 15.7 inches); black (N 2.5/), silt loam; structureless massive; friable; very fluid; 1 percent by volume 2 - 10-? millimeter wood fragments and 5 percent by volume 2 - 20-? millimeter shell fragments fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0817WP1; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    AC—40 to 50 centimeters (15.7 to 19.7 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), silt loam; structureless massive; friable; moderately fluid; 1 percent by volume 2-?-? millimeter wood fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0817WP2; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    CA—50 to 71 centimeters (19.7 to 28.0 inches); greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; moderately fluid; 1 percent by volume 2 - 10-? millimeter shell fragments fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0817WP3; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Ab—71 to 79 centimeters (28.0 to 31.1 inches); black (N 2.5/), silt loam; structureless massive; friable; moderately fluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0817WP4; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    CA'—79 to 92 centimeters (31.1 to 36.2 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 3/1) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; moderately fluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0817WP5; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    A'b—92 to 105 centimeters (36.2 to 41.3 inches); greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; moderately fluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0817WP6; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    CA''—105 to 138 centimeters (41.3 to 54.3 inches); greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; moderately fluid; 1 percent by volume 2-?-? millimeter shell fragments fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0817WP7; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    A''b—138 to 143 centimeters (54.3 to 56.3 inches); black (N 2.5/), silt loam; structureless massive; friable; moderately fluid; 1 percent by volume 2 - 40-? millimeter shell fragments fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0817WP8; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    CA''—143 to 149 centimeters (56.3 to 58.7 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 3/1) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; moderately fluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0817WP9; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    A''b—149 to 160 centimeters (58.7 to 63.0 inches); greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; moderately fluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0817WP10; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    2Ab1—160 to 182 centimeters (63.0 to 71.7 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; moderately fluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0817WP11; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    2Ab2—182 to 202 centimeters (71.7 to 79.5 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) mucky silt loam; structureless massive; friable; moderately fluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0817WP12; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube
    2AC—202 to 209 centimeters (79.5 to 82.3 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silty clay loam; structureless massive; friable; moderately fluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon). Lab sample # RI0817WP13; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube