IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Massapog
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009RI009001-QP
  • User Pedon ID: S2009RI009001-QP
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0901QP
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82991
  • 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: 41.3392028
  • Std. Longitude: -71.7177806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • 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: Mixed, mesic Fluventic Psammowassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Massapog
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Fluventic Psammowassents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy marine deposits
  • Landform: flood-tidal delta flat
  • Drainage Class: subaqueous
  • Geology: Flood Tidal Delta Flat formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - water cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    sapric soil materials

    0—198

    0—198

    172—186

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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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    Cg1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); 80 percent greenish gray (10Y 5/1) and 20 percent dark gray (N 4/), fine sand; 5 percent olive yellow (5Y 6/6) medium prominent cylindrical mottles; structureless massive; friable; nonfluid; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # RI0901QP1; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cg2—14 to 33 centimeters (5.5 to 13.0 inches); greenish gray (10Y 5/1) fine sand; structureless massive; friable; nonfluid; 5 percent by volume flat 2-10-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0901QP2; moist when described; observed in push tube
    CAse—33 to 42 centimeters (13.0 to 16.5 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 4/1) fine sand; structureless massive; friable; nonfluid; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0901QP3; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Aseb—42 to 47 centimeters (16.5 to 18.5 inches); greenish gray (10Y 5/1) fine sand; structureless massive; friable; nonfluid; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0901QP4; moist when described; observed in push tube
    CA'se—47 to 55 centimeters (18.5 to 21.7 inches); greenish gray (10Y 6/1) fine sand; structureless massive; friable; nonfluid; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0901QP5; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C'g1—55 to 90 centimeters (21.7 to 35.4 inches); light gray (N 7/), fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0901QP6; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C'g2—90 to 108 centimeters (35.4 to 42.5 inches); light gray (N 7/), channery fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; 15 percent by volume flat 5-10-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0901QP7; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C'g3—108 to 137 centimeters (42.5 to 53.9 inches); gray (N 6/), fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat 2-3-4 millimeter shell fragments fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0901QP8; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C/A—137 to 146 centimeters (53.9 to 57.5 inches); 60 percent gray (N 6/), and 40 percent dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0901QP9; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C''g—146 to 172 centimeters (57.5 to 67.7 inches); gray (N 6/), fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0901QP10; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Oab—172 to 186 centimeters (67.7 to 73.2 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), mucky peat; structureless massive; friable; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat 2-40-50 millimeter shell fragments fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0901QP11; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C'''g—186 to 198 centimeters (73.2 to 78.0 inches); gray (N 5/), fine sand; structureless massive; friable; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat 2-2-3 millimeter shell fragments fragments. Lab sample # RI0901QP12; moist when described; observed in push tube