IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Scarboro
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2013RI009023
User Pedon ID:
S2013RI009023
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
URI
Lab Pedon # -
URI130923
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
83032
User Project ID:
2017 ES, done
Project Name:
MLRA 144A - Assessing Dynamic Soil Properties within an Ecological Site Framework - Subaerial to Subaqueous
Print Date:
11/26/2024
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:
41.5365290
Std. Longitude:
-71.6396300
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Along Beaver River off Old Mountain Rd
State:
Rhode Island
County:
RI009—Washington
MLRA:
144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
PEDON
Describers Name:
Andrew Paolucci
Current Taxonomic Class:
Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Humaquepts
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
taxadjunct to the series
Pedon Purpose:
ecological site data
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Scarboro
PSC -
37 to 112 cm.
Classificaton Date -
5/22/2017
Classifier -
Jacob Isleib
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
aquic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Scarboro
Taxonomic Class -
Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Humaquepts
Taxon Kind -
taxadjunct
PSC -
37 to 112 cm.
Classificaton Date -
10/23/2015
Classifier -
Andrew Paolucci
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
aquic
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
Landscape:
hills
Landform:
flood plain on glacial drainage channel
Geomorphic Component Hills:
base slope
Hill Slope Profile:
toeslope
Slope Position:
lower third
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Class:
very poorly
Flooding:
frequent flooding
Ponding:
frequent ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/23/2015 (entry creation date)
Data Collector:
Andrew Paolucci
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
tree cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
hardwoods
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
umbric epipedon
12—32
—20—
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
3
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—
73.4
—
1270
—
—
9.8
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Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) mucky peat; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI1309231; observed in pit, small
Oa—2 to 12 centimeters (0.8 to 4.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; common fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI1309232; observed in pit, small
A—12 to 32 centimeters (4.7 to 12.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) coarse sandy loam; 67 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; friable; few fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI1309233; observed in pit, small
Cg—32 to 200 centimeters (12.6 to 78.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) extremely gravelly coarse sand; 99 percent sand; 1 percent silt; structureless single grain; loose; very few very fine roots throughout; 65 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter. Lab sample # RI1309234; observed in auger, bucket