IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pishagqua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: dredged
  • User Site ID: S2013RI009006
  • User Pedon ID: S2013RI009006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI130906
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 83015
  • 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: 41.5798722
  • Std. Longitude: -71.4520222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Rhode Island
  • County: RI009—Washington
  • 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

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Andrew Paolucci
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Fluventic Sulfiwassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pishagqua
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/2017
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pishagqua
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Fluventic Sulfiwassents
  • 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: silty marine deposits
  • Landform: bay bottom
  • Drainage Class: subaqueous
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/13/2015 (entry creation 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

    Cse1

    Cse2

    Cse3

    Cse4

    0

    20

    40

    70

    90

    20

    40

    70

    90

    108

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    Andrew Paolucci

    Andrew Paolucci

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    14

    16

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    21

    44

    50

    30

    49

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    62

    38

    31

    56

    35

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    0

    0

    2

    5

    3

    5

    1

    4

    9

    5

    13

    5

    10

    13

    8

    20

    12

    8

    15

    9

    22

    20

    7

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    10

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    fsl

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    7.2
    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

    Cse4

    0

    20

    40

    70

    90

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    70

    90

    108

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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

    Cse4

    0

    20

    40

    70

    90

    20

    40

    70

    90

    108

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

    aquic conditions

    sulfidic materials

    ochric epipedon

    n value > 0.7

    0—108

    0—108

    0—20

    0—90

    —108—

    —108—

    —20—

    —90—
    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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) reduced silt loam; very fluid; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309061; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 0.50 g/cm^3 SOM: 6.70% SOC: 3.35% CaCO3: 20.79% Initial pH: 6.65 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 2.96 Change in pH: -3.69
    Cse1—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) reduced silt loam; moderately fluid; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309062; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.10 g/cm^3 SOM: 3.15% SOC: 1.58% CaCO3: 14.52% Initial pH: 7.19 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 3.10 Change in pH: -4.09
    Cse2—40 to 70 centimeters (15.7 to 27.6 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) reduced shaly silt loam; moderately fluid; 15 percent by volume 2-38-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309063; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. clam shell fragments present; Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.13 g/cm^3 SOM: 4.40% SOC: 2.20% CaCO3: 17.11% Initial pH: 7.31 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 2.79 Change in pH: -4.52
    Cse3—70 to 90 centimeters (27.6 to 35.4 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) reduced silt loam; moderately fluid; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309064; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 1.15 g/cm^3 SOM: 5.39% SOC: 2.70% CaCO3: 19.63% Initial pH: 7.43 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 2.81 Change in pH: -4.62
    Cse4—90 to 108 centimeters (35.4 to 42.5 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) reduced silt loam; moderately fluid; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309065; saturation when described; observed in vibracore tube. Data from URI Pedology Lab- Bulk Density: 0.59 g/cm^3 SOM: 5.20% SOC: 2.60% CaCO3: 21.25% Initial pH: 7.23 Incubation pH (16 weeks): 2.91 Change in pH: -4.32