IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Massapog
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009RI009007-PJ
  • User Pedon ID: S2009RI009007-PJ
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0907PJ
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82997
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 41.3872111
  • Std. Longitude: -71.5122806
  • 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: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Fluviwassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Massapog
  • Classificaton Date - 11/18/2016
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • 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

    0—183

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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 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches); greenish gray (10Y 5/1) sand; structureless single grain; nonfluid; 10 percent by volume flat 2-10-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0907PJ1; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cg2—21 to 56 centimeters (8.3 to 22.0 inches); gray (N 6/), fine sand; structureless single grain; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat 2-3-4 millimeter shell fragments fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0907PJ2; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cg3—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (N 4/), fine sand; structureless single grain; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat 2-3-4 millimeter shell fragments fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0907PJ3; moist when described; observed in push tube
    AC—79 to 98 centimeters (31.1 to 38.6 inches); dark greenish gray (10GY 4/1) very fine sandy loam; structureless massive; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat 2-3-4 millimeter shell fragments fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0907PJ4; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cse—98 to 128 centimeters (38.6 to 50.4 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 4/1) fine sand; structureless massive; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat 2-3-4 millimeter shell fragments fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0907PJ5; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C'g1—128 to 152 centimeters (50.4 to 59.8 inches); 90 percent gray (N 5/), and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; structureless massive; nonfluid; 2 percent by volume flat 20-20-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0907PJ6; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C'g2—152 to 167 centimeters (59.8 to 65.7 inches); gray (N 5/), fine sand; structureless massive; nonfluid; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0907PJ7; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C'g3—167 to 183 centimeters (65.7 to 72.0 inches); gray (N 5/), channery fine sand; structureless single grain; nonfluid; 25 percent by volume flat 4-32-60 millimeter shell fragments fragments. Lab sample # RI0907PJ8; moist when described; observed in push tube