IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Massapog
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009RI009009-PJ
  • User Pedon ID: S2009RI009009-PJ
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0909PJ
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82999
  • 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: 41.3926556
  • Std. Longitude: -71.5075167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Point Judith Pond, Rhode Island, Flood Tidal Delta Slope
  • 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 slope
  • Drainage Class: subaqueous
  • Geology: Flood Tidal Delta Slope 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—174

    0—174

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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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    AC—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; 5 percent by volume flat 2-4-5 millimeter shell fragments fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0909PJ1; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cg—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); gray (N 6/), fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0909PJ2; dry when described; observed in push tube
    Cse—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); gray (N 5/), fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0909PJ3; moist when described; observed in push tube
    ACse—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0909PJ4; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Aseb1—71 to 79 centimeters (28.0 to 31.1 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0909PJ5; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Ab—79 to 90 centimeters (31.1 to 35.4 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0909PJ6; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C'g1—90 to 96 centimeters (35.4 to 37.8 inches); gray (N 5/), very channery fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; 50 percent by volume flat 2-3-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0909PJ7; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C'g2—96 to 127 centimeters (37.8 to 50.0 inches); 75 percent gray (N 5/), and 25 percent very dark gray (N 3/), fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0909PJ8; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cg3—127 to 147 centimeters (50.0 to 57.9 inches); dark gray (N 4/), fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0909PJ9; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cg4—147 to 174 centimeters (57.9 to 68.5 inches); gray (N 5/), fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon). Lab sample # RI0909PJ10; moist when described; observed in push tube