IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pawcatuck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: overwash
  • User Site ID: S2016RI009010
  • User Pedon ID: S2016RI009010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0080
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87655
  • User Project ID: 2016_NWCA_12-TOL_CZSS
  • Project Name: NWCA_2016_12-TOL
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 41.2242778
  • Std. Longitude: -71.5655833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Block Island, RI NE of Sachem Pond.
  • Map Unit: Wa—Walpole sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • 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 or sandy-skeletal, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Sulfihemists
  • 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 - Pawcatuck
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Sulfihemists
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 35 to 165 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/2016
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • 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 over buried salt marsh herbaceous organic material over sandy marine deposits and/or eolian sands over buried salt marsh herbaceous organic material
  • 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: occasional 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 - shrub 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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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

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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 %

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
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    aquic conditions

    sulfidic materials

    hemic soil materials

    0—182

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    35—79

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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
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    C—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face sand; single grain; loose; nonfluid; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; 35 percent very coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; none odor; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00523; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; nonfluid; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; none odor; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00524; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oa—10 to 21 centimeters (3.9 to 8.3 inches); 60 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face stratified stratified muck to mucky sand to sand; massive, and single grain; friable; nonfluid; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; 2 percent medium prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores; fragments; none odor; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00525; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C'g—21 to 35 centimeters (8.3 to 13.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face loamy fine sand; massive; friable; nonfluid; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; fragments; none odor; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00526; wet, satiated when described; observed in pit, small
    Oeb—35 to 79 centimeters (13.8 to 31.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed mucky peat; massive; friable; slightly fluid; few fine roots throughout; fragments; slight sulfurous odor; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00527; wet, satiated when described; observed in pit, small
    Cse—79 to 144 centimeters (31.1 to 56.7 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) broken face sand; massive; friable; nonfluid; fragments; slight sulfurous odor; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00528; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Oaseb—144 to 182 centimeters (56.7 to 71.7 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed and black (10YR 2/1) broken face muck; massive; friable; slightly fluid; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 17N00529; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket