IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Agawam
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2013RI003002
User Pedon ID:
S2013RI003002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
URI
Lab Pedon # -
URI130302
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
83008
User Project ID:
2017 ES, done
Project Name:
MLRA 144A - Assessing Dynamic Soil Properties within an Ecological Site Framework - Subaerial to Subaqueous
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
41.6325694
Std. Longitude:
-71.6410622
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Near Fry Pond
State:
Rhode Island
County:
RI003—Kent
MLRA:
144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
PEDON
Describers Name:
Andrew Paolucci
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
ecological site data
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Agawam
PSC -
29 to 104 cm.
Classificaton Date -
5/11/2017
Classifier -
Jacob Isleib
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Merrimac
Taxonomic Class -
Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
Taxon Kind -
series
PSC -
29 to 104 cm.
Classificaton Date -
7/21/2015
Classifier -
Andrew Paolucci
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture SUBClass -
typic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Certification Status:
certified
QC Status:
level 1
SITE
Parent Material:
glaciofluvial deposits
Landform:
outwash terrace on hillslope
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
footslope
Slope Position:
lower third
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Class:
somewhat excessively
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/21/2015 (entry creation date)
Data Collector:
Andrew Paolucci
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
tree cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
conifers
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
ochric epipedon
cambic horizon
0—18
7—54
—18—
—47—
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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
8
—
—
102.8
—
1242
—
—
9.7
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) moderately decomposed plant material; common very fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI1303021; observed in pit, small
A—4 to 7 centimeters (1.6 to 2.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) highly organic fine sandy loam; 52 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI1303022; observed in pit, small
Ap—7 to 18 centimeters (2.8 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; 56 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; extremely acid, pH 3.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI1303023; observed in pit, small
Bw1—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; 54 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI1303024; observed in pit, small
Bw2—43 to 54 centimeters (16.9 to 21.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; 58 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI1303025; observed in pit, small
BC—54 to 69 centimeters (21.3 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 17 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
C—69 to 200 centimeters (27.2 to 78.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; 37 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method.; observed in pit, small