IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Noank

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2014CT009007

User Pedon ID: S2014CT009007

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - URI

Lab Pedon # - URI0007

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82948

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: 41.2651944

Std. Longitude: -72.7707778

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Marina Beach, Inner Site, Branford, CT

Map Unit: 912—Noank 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: Marissa Theve, Jacob Isleib, Mark Stolt

Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Haplic Sulfiwassents

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 - Noank

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 4/5/2024

Classifier - Donald Parizek

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Nagunt

Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Sulfic Psammowassents

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 11/20/2014

Classifier - Jacob Isleib

Moisture Class - peraquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: yes

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 1

Subaqueous Soils Information:

SAS Core Settlement - 12.2

SAS Core Storage Site - URI Stolt freezer

SITE

Parent Material: sandy and silty marine deposits

Landscape: estuary

Landform: submerged mainland beach

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, Brett Still, Jacob Isleib, Rob (URI)

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 sand

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			%	%	%	%	%	%		%	%	%	%	%			%	%
Aseg Cseg1 Cseg2 Cseg3 Cseg4 Cseg5	0 12 43 100 124 184	12 43 100 124 184 225	— — — — — —	URI URI URI URI URI URI	8 5 2 11 4 5	— — — — — —	52 9 9 11 11 68	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	39 86 89 78 85 27	— — — — — —	5 18 4 0 0 0	3 18 15 2 3 0	8 30 51 31 33 6	18 13 17 31 38 5	5 7 2 13 11 15	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	7.4 8.4 8.4 8.6 9 8.7

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
Aseg Cseg1 Cseg2 Cseg3 Cseg4 Cseg5	0 12 43 100 124 184	12 43 100 124 184 225	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	6.9 6.9 2.8 6.8 3 3.9	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —		— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —

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	%
Aseg Cseg1 Cseg2 Cseg3 Cseg4 Cseg5	0 12 43 100 124 184	12 43 100 124 184 225	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	5.5 3 3.7 3.6 3.5 4.1	1 1 1 2 1 1	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon n value > 0.7 sulfidic materials n value > 0.7 n value > 0.7	0—12 0—12 12—225 100—124 184—225	—12— —12— —213— —24— —41—

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
Aseg Cseg1 Cseg2 Cseg3 Cseg4 Cseg5	0 12 43 100 124 184	12 43 100 124 184 225	core, constant volume core, constant volume core, constant volume core, constant volume core, constant volume core, constant volume	URI URI URI URI URI URI	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	0.98 0.92 1.75 0.92 1.57 1.45	— — — — — —	— — — — — —

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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Aseg—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); black (N 2.5/), reduced silt loam; moderately fluid; fragments; none odor. Lab sample # URI2014034; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube

Cseg1—12 to 43 centimeters (4.7 to 16.9 inches); black (N 2.5/), reduced loamy coarse sand; nonfluid; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume flat very angular 2-20-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; slight sulfurous odor. Lab sample # URI2014035; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube

Cseg2—43 to 100 centimeters (16.9 to 39.4 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), reduced sand; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume flat very angular 2-20-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; moderate sulfurous odor. Lab sample # URI2014036; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube

Cseg3—100 to 124 centimeters (39.4 to 48.8 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), reduced fine sandy loam; slightly fluid; 1 percent by volume flat very angular 2-20-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; moderate sulfurous odor. Lab sample # URI2014037; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube

Cseg4—124 to 184 centimeters (48.8 to 72.4 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), reduced loamy sand; nonfluid; 2 percent by volume flat very angular 2-5-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments; strong sulfurous odor. Lab sample # URI2014038; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube. silt loam lense 1-2cm thick at 159-181cm

Cseg5—184 to 225 centimeters (72.4 to 88.6 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), reduced silt loam; slightly fluid; fragments; strong sulfurous odor. Lab sample # URI2014039; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube