IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Windsor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013RI009016
  • User Pedon ID: S2013RI009016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - URI
  • Lab Pedon # - URI130916
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 83025
  • User Project ID: 2017 ES, done
  • Project Name: MLRA 144A - Assessing Dynamic Soil Properties within an Ecological Site Framework - Subaerial to Subaqueous
  • Print Date: 5/9/2024
  • 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: 41.5446985
  • Std. Longitude: -71.4524711
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Off Hamilton Allenton Rd
  • State: Rhode Island
  • County: RI009—Washington
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Andrew Paolucci
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: ecological site data
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Windsor
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/2017
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Merrimac
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/2015
  • Classifier - Andrew Paolucci
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/2015 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Andrew Paolucci
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—18

    —18—

    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

    1

    17.2

    1234

    10.3

    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) moderately decomposed plant material; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout; fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI1309161; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sandy loam; 57 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; many very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; extremely acid, pH 3.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI1309162; observed in pit, small
    Ap—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) sandy loam; 61 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume , 8 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; extremely acid, pH 3.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI1309163; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—18 to 37 centimeters (7.1 to 14.6 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loamy coarse sand; 84 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few medium roots throughout; 10 percent by volume , 29 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI1309164; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—37 to 58 centimeters (14.6 to 22.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) gravelly coarse sand; 91 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 20 percent by volume , 27 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI1309165; observed in pit, small
    BC—58 to 108 centimeters (22.8 to 42.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) gravelly sand; structureless single grain; very friable; 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C—108 to 200 centimeters (42.5 to 78.7 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) very gravelly sand; structureless single grain; loose; 50 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments.; observed in pit, small