IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marshneck

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2014CT009006

User Pedon ID: S2014CT009006

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - URI

Lab Pedon # - URI0006

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82946

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: 41.2592778

Std. Longitude: -72.7607222

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Sandy shelf, east of Rogers Island in the Thimble Islands.

Map Unit: 850—Marshneck very fine sand, 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-C7—Branford, Connecticut

PEDON

Describers Name: Donald Parizek, Jacob Isleib, Brett Still, Ethan Sneesby

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Hydrowassents

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Marshneck

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/26/2016

Classifier - Donald Parizek

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

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 - 24.4

SAS Core Storage Site - URI Stolt freezer

SITE

Parent Material: sandy and silty marine deposits over silty marine deposits

Landscape: estuary

Landform: shoal

Drainage Class: subaqueous

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

Wetland Information:

Cowardin Wetland Subsystem - subtidal

Cowardin Wetland Class - unconsolidated bottom

Cowardin Wetland Subclass - sand

Cowardin Moisture Regime Modifier -

RaCA Information:

Plot or Site Recorder - Donald Parizek

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/29/2014 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: Donald Parizek, Jacob Isleib, Brett Still, Rob

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 - shelly

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			%	%	%	%	%	%		%	%	%	%	%			%	%
ACse C/Ase Cse1 2Cse2 2Cse3 2Cse4 2Cse5	0 8 29 46 57 83 89	8 29 46 57 83 89 128	— — — — — — —	URI URI URI URI URI URI URI	8 2 6 9 11 5 21	— — — — — — —	20 45 27 37 54 64 62	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	72 53 67 54 35 31 17	— — — — — — —	11 5 10 6 1 2 0	11 0 7 6 1 1 1	26 20 15 11 3 3 2	18 19 19 15 12 9 6	6 9 16 16 18 16 8	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	7.5 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.2 6.1

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
ACse C/Ase Cse1 2Cse2 2Cse3 2Cse4 2Cse5	0 8 29 46 57 83 89	8 29 46 57 83 89 128	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	6.8 7.3 7.3 6.9 6.7 7 3.4	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —		— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —

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	%
ACse C/Ase Cse1 2Cse2 2Cse3 2Cse4 2Cse5	0 8 29 46 57 83 89	8 29 46 57 83 89 128	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	3.8 3.5 3.6 3 2.9 4.5 4	21 8 7 4 3 4 3	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon sulfidic materials n value > 0.7	0—8 0—128 29—128	—8— —128— —99—

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
ACse C/Ase Cse1 2Cse2 2Cse3 2Cse4 2Cse5	0 8 29 46 57 83 89	8 29 46 57 83 89 128	core, constant volume core, constant volume core, constant volume core, constant volume core, constant volume core, constant volume core, constant volume	URI URI URI URI URI URI URI	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	1.28 0.86 0.85 0.9 0.76 0.76 0.58	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —

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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ACse—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), reduced very channery sandy loam; nonfluid; 40 percent by volume flat very angular 2-3-5 millimeter shell fragments fragments; 1 Positive of Peroxide Color Change; none odor; reduced monosulfides present; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # URI2014027; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube. shells are primarily limpets and soft shell clams; much of the coarse sand fraction is composed of shell material

C/Ase—8 to 29 centimeters (3.1 to 11.4 inches); 60 percent very dark gray (N 3/), reduced and 40 percent dark gray (N 4/), reduced channery fine sandy loam; nonfluid; 25 percent by volume flat very angular 2-3-5 millimeter shell fragments fragments; 1 Positive of Peroxide Color Change; slight sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; clear boundary. Lab sample # URI2014028; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube. shells are primarily limpets and soft shell clams; much of the coarse sand fraction is composed of shell material; the 40 percent matrix color is closer to N 3.5/

Cse1—29 to 46 centimeters (11.4 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (N 4/), reduced sandy loam; slightly fluid; 10 percent by volume flat very angular 2-3-5 millimeter shell fragments fragments; slight sulfurous odor; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # URI2014029; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube

2Cse2—46 to 57 centimeters (18.1 to 22.4 inches); dark gray (N 4/), reduced channery fine sandy loam; moderately fluid; 25 percent by volume flat very angular 5-12-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; clear boundary. Lab sample # URI2014030; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube. shells are primarily osyters, scallops, and hard shell clams

2Cse3—57 to 83 centimeters (22.4 to 32.7 inches); dark gray (N 4/), reduced silt loam; moderately fluid; 5 percent by volume flat very angular 2-5-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # URI2014031; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube. shells are primarily osyters and scallops

2Cse4—83 to 89 centimeters (32.7 to 35.0 inches); dark gray (N 4/), reduced very channery silt loam; moderately fluid; 50 percent by volume flat very angular 2-5-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # URI2014032; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube. shells are primarily osyters

2Cse5—89 to 128 centimeters (35.0 to 50.4 inches); dark gray (N 4/), reduced silt loam; moderately fluid; 5 percent by volume flat very angular 2-3-5 millimeter shell fragments fragments; strong sulfurous odor. Lab sample # URI2014033; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube