IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scituate

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2001RI009001

User Pedon ID: S2001RI009001

Vegetation Plot ID: RI01009001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 01N0944

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14398

Print Date: 5/20/2024

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: 41.1820946

Std. Longitude: -71.5854874

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Block Island Rhode Island, Town of New Shoreham. 335 feet north of intersection of West Rd. and Coast Guard Rd. 250 feet west of Betty Pucky Pond.

Map Unit: Ss—Sudbury sandy loam

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: C. Morgan, M. Stolt

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Humudepts

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: map unit inclusion

Pedon Purpose: research site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Scituate

PSC - 25 to 97 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/9/2013

Classifier - Donald Parizek

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Woodbridge

Classificaton Date - 7/26/2001

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 1

SITE

Parent Material: coarse-loamy ablation till derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock over coarse-loamy basal till derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock

Landscape: upland

Landform: terminal moraine

Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope

Slope Position: lower third

Drainage Class: moderately well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 7/26/2001 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - rain

Current Air Temp - 21

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
MOPE6 PRVI ROMU RUBUS SOLID	Morella pensylvanica Prunus virginiana Rosa multiflora Rubus Solidago	northern bayberry chokecherry multiflora rose blackberry goldenrod	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material	very strongly coherent	97 - 200	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
umbric epipedon cambic horizon redox depletions with chroma 2 or less redox concentrations densic materials	0—18 18—69 40—69 40—120 97—120	—- —- —- —- —-

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
6	—	—	20	—	310	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RI4266	Kingston	WETS

A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, dry; highly organic sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 25.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 25.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-45-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N04969; observed in pit, small

Ap—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N04970; observed in pit, small. About 5% of pit has some bodies of E horizon at lower Ap horizon boudary, 10YR 7/2 (dry color).

Bw1—18 to 40 centimeters (7.1 to 15.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-45-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04971; observed in pit, small. Discontinuous coarse bodies of 7.5YR 3/4 (dry color) at top of horizon.

Bw2—40 to 69 centimeters (15.7 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior loamy coarse sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium distinct irregular light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 1 percent coarse distinct irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 1 percent medium distinct irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N04972; observed in pit, small

BC1—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) interior sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak thick platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 1 percent fine faint irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N04973; observed in pit, small

BC2—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) interior sandy loam; massive, and weak thick platy; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 1 percent fine prominent irregular light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 5 percent fine faint irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 5 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N04974; observed in pit, small

Cd—97 to 120 centimeters (38.2 to 47.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior loamy sand; weak thick platy, and massive; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; extremely high excavation difficulty; 5 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 5 percent coarse faint irregular grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 25 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 01N04975; observed in pit, small