IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pishagqua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014CT009002
  • User Pedon ID: S2014CT009002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82938
  • User Project ID: CZSS_High_Priority_Complete
  • Project Name: MLRA 144A - CZSS_Long Island Sound, CT_Phase I
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.2618611
  • Std. Longitude: -72.7388889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Thimble Islands, Branford, CT.
  • Map Unit: 876—Pishagqua mucky silt loam, subtidal
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT009—New Haven
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-C6—Guilford, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald Parizek, Jacob Isleib, Brett Still, Ethan Sneesby
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Fluventic Sulfiwassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pishagqua
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2016
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • 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 - 11/20/2014
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • Subaqueous Soils Information:
  • SAS Core Settlement - 45.7
  • SAS Core Storage Site - URI Stolt freezer


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty marine deposits
  • Landscape: estuary
  • Landform: cove
  • Drainage Class: subaqueous
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • Wetland Information:
  • Cowardin Wetland Subsystem - subtidal
  • Cowardin Wetland Class - unconsolidated bottom
  • Cowardin Wetland Subclass - mud
    • Cowardin Moisture Regime Modifier -
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Donald Parizek

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Jim Turenne, Donald Parizek, Jacob Isleib, Marissa Theve
  • Surface Water Kind: permanent
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - water cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Bottom Type - bare mud
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ase1

    Ase2

    Cse

    CAse

    C/Ase

    C'se1

    C'se2

    0

    9

    38

    69

    119

    169

    192

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    69

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    169

    192

    210

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    URI

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    18

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    24

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    23

    20

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    71

    69

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    71

    74

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    11

    14

    6

    4

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    6

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    5.3

    6.4

    6.9

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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

    Ase1

    Ase2

    Cse

    CAse

    C/Ase

    C'se1

    C'se2

    0

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    38

    69

    119

    169

    192

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    69

    119

    169

    192

    210

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    4.4

    4.5

    3.6

    3.9

    5

    3.9

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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 %

    Ase1

    Ase2

    Cse

    CAse

    C/Ase

    C'se1

    C'se2

    0

    9

    38

    69

    119

    169

    192

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    69

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    6.5

    4.9

    6.6

    4.7

    5.3

    3.5

    5.9

    5

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

    ochric epipedon

    sulfidic materials

    n value > 0.7

    0—38

    0—210

    0—210

    —38—

    —210—

    —210—
    Pedon Horizon Bulk Density
    Horizon Depth to Top Depth to Bottom Method Data Collector Field Moist Volume Field Moist Sample Wt. Air Dry Sample Wt. Field Moist Co. Fragment Wt. Air Dry Fragment Wt. Fragment Density Coarse Fragment Volume Air Dry Subsample Wt. Oven Dry Subsample Wt. Grav Soil Moist % Whole Soil Grav Soil Moist % Fine Earth Bulk Density FM Fine Soil Bulk Density FM Whole Soill Bulk Density OD fINE Earth Bulk Density OD Fine Earth Bulk Density Satiated
    cm cm3 g g/cm3 cm3 g % g/cm3

    Ase1

    Ase2

    Cse

    CAse

    C/Ase

    C'se1

    C'se2

    0

    9

    38

    69

    119

    169

    192

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    38

    69

    119

    169

    192

    210

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

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    0.2

    0.41

    0.4

    0.48

    0.54

    0.67

    0.81

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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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    Ase1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); 80 percent black (N 2/), reduced and 20 percent greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) reduced silt loam; very fluid; fragments; 1 Positive of Peroxide Color Change; none odor; reduced monosulfides present; clear boundary. Lab sample # URI2014006; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Ase2—9 to 38 centimeters (3.5 to 15.0 inches); 85 percent black (N 2.5/), reduced and 15 percent black (N 2/), reduced silt loam; very fluid; ; 2 percent by volume flat very angular 2-5-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments; 1 Positive of Peroxide Color Change; slight sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # URI2014007; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), reduced silt loam; very fluid; 2 percent by volume flat very angular 2-5-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments; 1 Positive of Peroxide Color Change; slight sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; gradual boundary. Lab sample # URI2014008; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube
    CAse—69 to 119 centimeters (27.2 to 46.9 inches); black (N 2.5/), reduced silt loam; moderately fluid; 1 percent by volume flat very angular 2-5-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments; 1 Positive of Peroxide Color Change; slight sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; clear boundary. Lab sample # URI2014009; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube
    C/Ase—119 to 169 centimeters (46.9 to 66.5 inches); black (N 2.5/), reduced silt loam; moderately fluid; fragments; 1 Positive of Peroxide Color Change; slight sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; gradual boundary. Lab sample # URI2014010; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube. N 2/ lenses: 1cm thick at 131cm, 2cm thick at 145cm, 1cm thick at 155cm, and 1cm thick at 167cm
    C'se1—169 to 192 centimeters (66.5 to 75.6 inches); 60 percent black (N 2.5/), reduced and 40 percent very dark gray (N 3/), silt loam; slightly fluid; 2 percent by volume flat very angular 2-5-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments; 1 Positive of Peroxide Color Change; slight sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; clear boundary. Lab sample # URI2014011; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube
    C'se2—192 to 210 centimeters (75.6 to 82.7 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), reduced silt loam; slightly fluid; 5 percent by volume flat very angular 5-12-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments; 1 Positive of Peroxide Color Change; slight sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present. Lab sample # URI2014012; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube. one 1.5 cm wood fragment