IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Massapog
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2009RI009018-NP
User Pedon ID:
S2009RI009018-NP
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
yes
Lab Source ID -
URI
Lab Pedon # -
URI0918NP
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
83005
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:
41.3654556
Std. Longitude:
-71.6367722
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Ninigret Pond, Charlestown, RI, Flood Tidal Delta 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:
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 -
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
Setting and Climate
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A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0918NP1; moist when described; observed in push tube
Cg—8 to 50 centimeters (3.1 to 19.7 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); very abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0918NP2; moist when described; observed in push tube
C/Ase—50 to 82 centimeters (19.7 to 32.3 inches); 85 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and 15 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0918NP3; moist when described; observed in push tube
Cse—82 to 91 centimeters (32.3 to 35.8 inches); gray (N 5/), fine sand; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mottles; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0918NP4; moist when described; observed in push tube
A/Cse—91 to 97 centimeters (35.8 to 38.2 inches); 80 percent gray (N 5/), and 20 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; 3 percent by volume flat 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0918NP5; moist when described; observed in push tube
C'g—97 to 103 centimeters (38.2 to 40.6 inches); gray (N 5/), loamy fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; 3 percent by volume flat 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0918NP6; moist when described; observed in push tube
CAse—103 to 113 centimeters (40.6 to 44.5 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) loamy fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0918NP7; moist when described; observed in push tube
Aseb—113 to 146 centimeters (44.5 to 57.5 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; 5 percent by volume flat 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0918NP8; moist when described; observed in push tube
C''g—146 to 185 centimeters (57.5 to 72.8 inches); gray (N 5/), fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; 3 percent by volume flat 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0918NP9; moist when described; observed in push tube
AC1—185 to 195 centimeters (72.8 to 76.8 inches); 60 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and 40 percent gray (N 5/), loamy fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0918NP10; moist when described; observed in push tube
AC2—195 to 208 centimeters (76.8 to 81.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) loamy fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; sulfurous of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon). Lab sample # RI0918NP11; moist when described; observed in push tube