IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Massapog
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009RI009019-NP
  • User Pedon ID: S2009RI009019-NP
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0919NP
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 83006
  • 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: 41.3649833
  • Std. Longitude: -71.6359111
  • 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: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Fluviwassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Massapog
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Fluviwassents
  • 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


    • 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
    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 34 centimeters (0.0 to 13.4 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; 2 percent by volume flat 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0919NP1; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Ab—34 to 38 centimeters (13.4 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0919NP2; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C'g—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0919NP3; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Aseb—46 to 50 centimeters (18.1 to 19.7 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0919NP4; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cse—50 to 56 centimeters (19.7 to 22.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0919NP5; moist when described; observed in push tube
    A'seb—56 to 60 centimeters (22.0 to 23.6 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0919NP6; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C'se—60 to 80 centimeters (23.6 to 31.5 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) 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); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0919NP7; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C/Ase—80 to 92 centimeters (31.5 to 36.2 inches); 70 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 30 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0919NP8; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C''g—92 to 104 centimeters (36.2 to 40.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0919NP9; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C''se1—104 to 119 centimeters (40.9 to 46.9 inches); gray (N 6/), sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0919NP10; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C''se2—119 to 131 centimeters (46.9 to 51.6 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); abrupt boundary. Lab sample # RI0919NP11; moist when described; observed in push tube
    CAse—131 to 139 centimeters (51.6 to 54.7 inches); dark gray (N 4/), fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0919NP12; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C'''se—139 to 146 centimeters (54.7 to 57.5 inches); gray (N 5/), fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume wood fragments and 1 percent by volume flat 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; none of Odor (Exists in NASIS Horizon); clear boundary. Lab sample # RI0919NP13; moist when described; observed in push tube
    ACse—146 to 180 centimeters (57.5 to 70.9 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 4/1) 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). Lab sample # RI0919NP14; moist when described; observed in push tube