IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Canton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013RI007001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013RI007001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2013RI007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N96701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71540
  • 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: 41.9338056
  • Std. Longitude: -71.7816389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Canton site in George Washington State Park.
  • Map Unit: CrD—Canton fine sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, rocky
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Rhode Island
  • County: RI007—Providence
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: RI600—State of Rhode Island: Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41071-H7—Thompson, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald Parizek, Jacob Isleib, Marissa Theve
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fragmental, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Canton
  • PSC - 27 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/17/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Canton
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 27 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/2013
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Forest Overstory Veg. Type - shrub
  • Forest Understory Veg. Type - perennial forbs or herbaceous
  • Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Dominant - perennial forbs or herbaceous
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till over ablation till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: moraine, hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent nonflat subrounded 600 granite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/2/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Donald Parizek, Jacob Isleib, Marissa Theve
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 26
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CADE12

    GAPR2

    PICOC

    PTAQP2

    QUVE

    TSCA

    VAAN

    VACCI

    Castanea dentata

    Gaultheria procumbens

    Pinus contorta var. contorta

    Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

    Quercus velutina

    Tsuga canadensis

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    Vaccinium

    American chestnut

    eastern teaberry

    beach pine

    hairy brackenfern

    black oak

    eastern hemlock

    lowbush blueberry

    blueberry

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    strongly contrasting textural stratification

    noncoherent

    53 - 130

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    0—6

    6—53

    53—130

    53—130

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    6

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    198.1

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    125

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    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; many fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 4 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N09498; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Thin discontinuous E horizon on top of the A; Color is 10YR 4/1
    A—2 to 6 centimeters (0.8 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face highly organic stony fine sandy loam; weak fine granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; many fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N09499; moist when described; observed in pit, small. 1.5cm of very fine sandy loam caps on rock fragments; Thin discontinuous spodic horizon on bottom of the A horizon; color is 7.5YR 3/3
    Bw1—6 to 25 centimeters (2.4 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face stony loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout and many very coarse roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; many fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N09500; moist when described; observed in pit, small. 1.5cm of very fine sandy loam caps on rock fragments
    Bw2—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face very gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout and many very coarse roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; few fine tubular and many fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N09501; moist when described; observed in pit, small. 1.5cm of very fine sandy loam caps on rock fragments
    2C—53 to 130 centimeters (20.9 to 51.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face boulders; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots around fragments and few medium roots around fragments and few fine roots around fragments; many fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 600-1800-3000 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # 13N09502; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. irregular lenses of silt loam/very fine sandy loam; Only 2 bulk density samples were taken from this horizon due to the diffculty of excavation because of high rock fragment content.