New England Soil Profiles
Narragansett Series
The Unofficial State Soil of Rhode
Island
![]() Photo above (tape is in feet) courtesy of Mark Stolt University of Rhode Island's Dept. of Natural Resources Photo Location: South Kingston, RI. Photo Right (tape is in centimeters) by Jim Turenne, photo location north
of Flagg Road, URI, Kingston, RI. 0 to 18 cm Ap horizon, 10YR 3/2, silt loam. |
Narragansett soils are well drained soils formed in silty eolian (wind-blown deposit of silt and fine sand) material underlain by sandy ablation and/or ice-contact deposits.
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