IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Massapog
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013RI009001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013RI009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI130901
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 83010
  • User Project ID: 2017 ES, done
  • Project Name: MLRA 144A - Assessing Dynamic Soil Properties within an Ecological Site Framework - Subaerial to Subaqueous
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 41.3649861
  • Std. Longitude: -71.6361083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Rhode Island
  • County: RI009—Washington
  • MLRA: 149B—Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland
  • 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

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Andrew Paolucci
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Sulfic Psammowassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Massapog
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/11/2017
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Massapog
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Fluventic Psammowassents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2013
  • Classifier - Andrew Paolucci
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • Subaqueous Soils Information:
  • SAS Core Storage Site - URI Stolt freezer


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy marine deposits
  • Landform: flood-tidal delta
  • Drainage Class: subaqueous
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/31/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Andrew Paolucci
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - water cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Cg1

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    Aseb

    Cse

    C'g

    C'se

    C''g

    C''se

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    35

    57

    75

    107

    137

    149

    158

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    Andrew Paolucci

    Andrew Paolucci

    Andrew Paolucci

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    Andrew Paolucci

    Andrew Paolucci

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    Andrew Paolucci

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    14.8

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    94

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    76

    94

    97

    94.3

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    95

    sieves

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    sieves

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    46

    33

    60

    75

    51

    49

    29

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    32

    24

    36

    22

    17

    43

    47

    64

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Cg1

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    Cg3

    Aseb

    Cse

    C'g

    C'se

    C''g

    C''se

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cg3

    Aseb

    Cse

    C'g

    C'se

    C''g

    C''se

    0

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    35

    57

    75

    107

    137

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    158

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

    aquic conditions

    sulfidic materials

    sulfidic materials

    sulfidic materials

    0—158

    75—107

    137—149

    158—

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    —32—

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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

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    Cg1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) loamy fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309011; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.25 g/cm^3 SOM: 0.47% SOC: 0.23% CaCO3: 2.19% Initial pH: 7.93 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 6.84 Change in pH: -1.09
    Cg2—14 to 35 centimeters (5.5 to 13.8 inches); gray (N 5/), fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309012; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.29 g/cm^3 SOM: 0.59% SOC: 0.30% CaCO3: 2.89% Initial pH: 7.64 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 7.74 Change in pH: +0.10
    Cg3—35 to 57 centimeters (13.8 to 22.4 inches); gray (N 5/), sand; nonfluid; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309013; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Thin fibrous surface @54cm; Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.06 g/cm^3 SOM: 0.35% SOC: 0.17% CaCO3: 2.09% Initial pH: 8.00 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 8.23 Change in pH: +0.23
    Aseb—57 to 75 centimeters (22.4 to 29.5 inches); greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) loamy fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309014; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Three 1 cm N 5/- Sand lense; Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.30 g/cm^3 SOM: 1.78% SOC: 0.89% CaCO3: 6.26% Initial pH: 7.77 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 3.05 Change in pH: -4.72
    Cse—75 to 107 centimeters (29.5 to 42.1 inches); greenish gray (10Y 5/1) fine sand; nonfluid; 5 percent by volume shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309015; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Clam shell fragments; Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.43 g/cm^3 SOM: 0.67% SOC: 0.33% CaCO3: 2.04% Initial pH: 8.8 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 3.09 Change in pH: -5.71
    C'g—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309016; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Two 1 cm 5Y 5/1 lenses; Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.42 g/cm^3 SOM: 0.59% SOC: 0.29% CaCO3: 4.55% Initial pH: 8.02 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 5.11 Change in pH: -2.91
    C'se—137 to 149 centimeters (53.9 to 58.7 inches); dark gray (N 4/), fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309017; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.31 g/cm^3 SOM: 0.76% SOC: 0.38% CaCO3: 4.09% Initial pH: 7.25 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 3.01 Change in pH: -4.24
    C''g—149 to 158 centimeters (58.7 to 62.2 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309018; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.33 g/cm^3 SOM: 0.64% SOC: 0.32% CaCO3: 6.13% Initial pH: 7.8 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 8.35 Change in pH: +0.55
    C''se—158 to 163 centimeters (62.2 to 64.2 inches); dark gray (N 4/), very fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; slight sulfurous odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309019; saturation when described;. Slightly sulfurous odor; Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.15 g/cm^3 SOM: 1.41% SOC: 0.71% CaCO3: 7.64% Initial pH: 7.45 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 2.84 Change in pH: -4.61