IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Massapog
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: dredged
  • User Site ID: S2013RI009002
  • User Pedon ID: S2013RI009002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI130902
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 83011
  • 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: 41.3657139
  • Std. Longitude: -71.6355722
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ase

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    C'se

    Cg1

    Cg2

    C''se1

    C''se2

    C''se3

    C''se4

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    Andrew Paolucci

    Andrew Paolucci

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    Andrew Paolucci

    Andrew Paolucci

    Andrew Paolucci

    Andrew Paolucci

    Andrew Paolucci

    Andrew Paolucci

    Andrew Paolucci

    Andrew Paolucci

    Andrew Paolucci

    2.6

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    85.3

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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

    Ase

    Cse1

    Cse2

    Cse3

    Aseb

    C'se

    Cg1

    Cg2

    C''se1

    C''se2

    C''se3

    C''se4

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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 %

    Ase

    Cse1

    Cse2

    Cse3

    Aseb

    C'se

    Cg1

    Cg2

    C''se1

    C''se2

    C''se3

    C''se4

    0

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    22

    35

    54

    66

    79

    101

    129

    144

    152

    165

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    4.6

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

    aquic conditions

    ochric epipedon

    sulfidic materials

    sulfidic materials

    0—165

    0—7

    7—79

    129—165

    —165—

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    —72—

    —36—
    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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    Ase—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), loamy fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309021; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Many eelgrass rhizomes; Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.06 g/cm^3 SOM: 2.04% SOC: 1.02% CaCO3: 7.48% Initial pH: 7.20 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 3.54 Change in pH: -3.66
    Cse1—7 to 22 centimeters (2.8 to 8.7 inches); dark gray (N 4/), loamy fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309022; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Eelgrass ditris; Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.31 g/cm^3 SOM: 1.49% SOC: 0.75% CaCO3: 5.28% Initial pH: 7.35 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 3.34 Change in pH: -4.01
    Cse2—22 to 35 centimeters (8.7 to 13.8 inches); dark gray (N 4/), shaly fine sand; nonfluid; 15 percent by volume 2-38-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309023; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.13 g/cm^3 SOM: 0.96% SOC: 0.48% CaCO3: 3.89% Initial pH: 7.05 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 3.74 Change in pH: -3.31
    Cse3—35 to 54 centimeters (13.8 to 21.3 inches); dark gray (N 4/), very fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309024; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.15 g/cm^3 SOM: 0.75% SOC: 0.38% CaCO3: 3.69% Initial pH: 5.39 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 3.40 Change in pH: -1.99
    Aseb—54 to 66 centimeters (21.3 to 26.0 inches); variegated dark greenish gray (10Y 3/1) very fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309025; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Two N 4/-, 2 cm thick loamy fine sand lenses; Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.02 g/cm^3 SOM: 1.73% SOC: 0.86% CaCO3: 4.14% Initial pH: 6.00 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 3.17 Change in pH: -2.83
    C'se—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) very fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309026; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.15 g/cm^3 SOM: 1.14% SOC: 0.57% CaCO3: 3.47% Initial pH: 6.33 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 3.17 Change in pH: -3.16
    Cg1—79 to 101 centimeters (31.1 to 39.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) loamy fine sand; nonfluid; 5 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309027; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.17 g/cm^3 SOM: 1.07% SOC: 0.53% CaCO3: 5.64% Initial pH: 7.37 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 5.31 Change in pH: -2.06
    Cg2—101 to 129 centimeters (39.8 to 50.8 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) very gravelly fine sand; nonfluid; 45 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309028; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. clam shell fragments; Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.18 g/cm^3 SOM: 0.67% SOC: 0.34% CaCO3: 3.95% Initial pH: 7.79 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 7.28 Change in pH: -0.51
    C''se1—129 to 144 centimeters (50.8 to 56.7 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) very fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309029; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.17 g/cm^3 SOM: 0.68% SOC: 0.34% CaCO3: 3.49% Initial pH: 7.68 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 3.55 Change in pH: -4.13
    C''se2—144 to 152 centimeters (56.7 to 59.8 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 4/1) loamy very fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter. Lab sample # RI13090210; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 0.96 g/cm^3 SOM: 1.49% SOC: 0.74% CaCO3: 6.23% Initial pH: 7.61 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 3.3 Change in pH: -4.31
    C''se3—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) loamy very fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter. Lab sample # RI13090211; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.07 g/cm^3 SOM: 0.70% SOC: 0.35% CaCO3: 3.52% Initial pH: 7.54 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 3.51 Change in pH: -4.03
    C''se4—165 to 170 centimeters (65.0 to 66.9 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 4/1) silt loam; nonfluid; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter. Lab sample # RI13090212; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 0.99 g/cm^3 SOM: 4.22% SOC: 2.11% CaCO3: 14.25% Initial pH: 7.64 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 3.51 Change in pH: -4.13