IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Massapog
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009RI009017-NP
  • User Pedon ID: S2009RI009017-NP
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0917NP
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 83004
  • 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: 41.3655667
  • Std. Longitude: -71.6373139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Ninigret Pond, Charlestown, RI, Flood Tidal Delta Flat to northeast of inlet
  • 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 - Massapog
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Haplic Sulfiwassents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/2009
  • 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: 11/17/2009 (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

    sulfidic materials

    0—208

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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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    Cg—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0917NP1; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C/Ase—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); 75 percent gray (5Y 6/1) and 25 percent black (N 2.5/), loamy fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0917NP2; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C'g—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); very abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0917NP3; moist when described; observed in push tube
    A/C—46 to 82 centimeters (18.1 to 32.3 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) stratified stratified loamy fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0917NP4; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C/A'—82 to 93 centimeters (32.3 to 36.6 inches); 70 percent gray (N 6/), and 30 percent black (5Y 2.5/1) fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0917NP5; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C''g—93 to 100 centimeters (36.6 to 39.4 inches); gray (N 6/), fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); very abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0917NP6; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Aseb1—100 to 112 centimeters (39.4 to 44.1 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0917NP7; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Aseb2—112 to 125 centimeters (44.1 to 49.2 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0917NP8; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Ab1—125 to 136 centimeters (49.2 to 53.5 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0917NP9; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Ab2—136 to 146 centimeters (53.5 to 57.5 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) loamy fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0917NP10; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C/A''—146 to 157 centimeters (57.5 to 61.8 inches); 80 percent dark gray (N 4/), and 20 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0917NP11; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C''g—157 to 162 centimeters (61.8 to 63.8 inches); dark gray (N 4/), loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; 2 percent by volume flat 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; very abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0917NP12; moist when described; observed in push tube
    A'b—162 to 193 centimeters (63.8 to 76.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) very fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; 5 percent by volume flat 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0917NP13; moist when described; observed in push tube
    CA—193 to 208 centimeters (76.0 to 81.9 inches); 80 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) and 20 percent dark gray (N 4/), very fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; 5 percent by volume flat 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon). Lab sample # RI0917NP14; moist when described; observed in push tube