IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sandyhook
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016RI009009
  • User Pedon ID: S2016RI009009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0079
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87420
  • User Project ID: 2016_NWCA_12-TOL_CZSS
  • Project Name: NWCA_2016_12-TOL
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 41.2246389
  • Std. Longitude: -71.5725278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Block Island, RI north of Sachem Pond.
  • Map Unit: Sa—Sandyhook mucky fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Rhode Island
  • County: RI009—Washington
  • MLRA: 149B—Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: RI600—State of Rhode Island: Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41071-B5—Block Island, Rhode Island

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Parizek, J. Isleib, D. Surabian
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Haplic Sulfaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sandyhook
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Haplic Sulfaquents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/2016
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy marine deposits and/or eolian sands
  • Landscape: coastal lowland
  • Landform: salt marsh
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: D. Parizek, J. Isleib, D. Surabian
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oese

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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

    Oese

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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 %

    Oese

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

    sulfidic materials

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    0—130

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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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    Oese—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face mucky peat; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; fragments; none odor; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00517; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ase—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; many very coarse roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; fragments; moderate odor; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00518; wet when described; observed in pit, small
    Cse1—15 to 24 centimeters (5.9 to 9.4 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face sand; massive; loose; many very coarse roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; fragments; moderate odor; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00519; wet when described; observed in pit, small
    Cse2—24 to 45 centimeters (9.4 to 17.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face sand; single grain; loose; many very coarse roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 15 percent coarse faint irregular noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; moderate odor; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00520; wet, satiated when described; observed in pit, small
    Cse3—45 to 60 centimeters (17.7 to 23.6 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face sand; single grain; loose; many very coarse roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; fragments; moderate odor; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00521; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cse4—60 to 130 centimeters (23.6 to 51.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face sand; single grain; loose; very few medium roots top of horizon and very few fine roots top of horizon; fragments; none odor; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 17N00522; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket