IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fort Neck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014CT009008
  • User Pedon ID: S2014CT009008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI0008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82950
  • 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: 41.2641111
  • Std. Longitude: -72.7694611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Marina Beach, outer site, Branford, CT.
  • Map Unit: 908—Fort Neck 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-C7—Branford, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Marissa Theve, Jacob Isleib, Mark Stolt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Haplic Sulfiwassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fort Neck
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/2018
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy over loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Fluventic Sulfiwassents
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • 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: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • Subaqueous Soils Information:
  • SAS Core Settlement - 15.2
  • SAS Core Storage Site - URI Stolt freezer


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy marine deposits over 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ase1

    Ase2

    C

    Aseb

    Cse

    A'seb

    C'se1

    C'se2

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    27

    36

    41

    47

    58

    127

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    7

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    12

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    32

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    38

    5

    15

    4

    57

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    62

    78

    55

    92

    84

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    65

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    74

    67

    78

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    8.2

    8.2

    8.3

    8.4

    8.6

    8.5

    8.7

    8.8
    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

    C

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    Cse

    A'seb

    C'se1

    C'se2

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    7.3

    7.3

    7.4

    7.4

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    2.7

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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

    C

    Aseb

    Cse

    A'seb

    C'se1

    C'se2

    0

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    27

    36

    41

    47

    58

    127

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    4.5

    2

    3.7

    4.5

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    2.5

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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

    sulfidic materials

    n value > 0.7

    0—27

    0—27

    0—27

    36—210

    58—210

    —27—

    —27—

    —27—

    —174—

    —152—
    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

    C

    Aseb

    Cse

    A'seb

    C'se1

    C'se2

    0

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    27

    36

    41

    47

    58

    127

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    58

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    210

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

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    core, constant volume

    URI

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    1.14

    1.56

    1.41

    1.08

    1.59

    1.12

    1.47

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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 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) reduced fine sandy loam; slightly fluid; 1 percent by volume flat very angular 2-3-5 millimeter shell fragments fragments; 1 Positive of Peroxide Color Change; none odor; reduced monosulfides present. Lab sample # URI2014040; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Ase2—16 to 27 centimeters (6.3 to 10.6 inches); black (N 2.5/), reduced loamy fine sand; slightly fluid; 1 percent by volume flat very angular 2-3-5 millimeter shell fragments fragments; 1 Positive of Peroxide Color Change; none odor; reduced monosulfides present. Lab sample # URI2014041; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube
    C—27 to 36 centimeters (10.6 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), reduced channery fine sandy loam; nonfluid; 18 percent by volume flat very angular 2-20-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; none odor. Lab sample # URI2014042; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Aseb—36 to 41 centimeters (14.2 to 16.1 inches); greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) reduced fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; slight sulfurous odor. Lab sample # URI2014043; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube
    Cse—41 to 47 centimeters (16.1 to 18.5 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), reduced loamy fine sand; nonfluid; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 20-48-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume flat very angular 2-5-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments; slight sulfurous odor. Lab sample # URI2014044; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube. one coarse subangular pebble found
    A'seb—47 to 58 centimeters (18.5 to 22.8 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), reduced fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; slight sulfurous odor. Lab sample # URI2014045; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube
    C'se1—58 to 127 centimeters (22.8 to 50.0 inches); greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) silt loam; slightly fluid; 1 percent by volume flat very angular 2-3-5 millimeter shell fragments fragments; moderate sulfurous odor. Lab sample # URI2014046; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube
    C'se2—127 to 210 centimeters (50.0 to 82.7 inches); black (N 2.5/), reduced silt loam; slightly fluid; 1 percent by volume flat very angular 2-3-5 millimeter shell fragments fragments; moderate sulfurous odor. Lab sample # URI2014047; wet when described; observed in vibracore tube. shell lense from 175-176 cm