Soil Survey of Rhode Island

Rhode Island Soil Survey - Map Unit Legend
Click on the Map Unit Symbol for the map unit description from the published survey.

Map Unit	Map Unit Name	Hydric Soil	Farmland Rating	Erosion Rating	Capability Class

Aa	Adrian muck	Yes			5w
AfA	Agawam fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes		Prime		1
AfB	Agawam fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes		Prime	Potentially High	2e

Ba	Beaches				8
Bc	Birchwood sandy loam		Prime		2w
BhA	Bridgehampton silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes		Prime		1e
BhB	Bridgehampton silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes		Important	Potentially High	2e
BmA	Bridgehampton silt loam, till substratum, 0 to 3 percent slopes		Prime		1
BmB	Bridgehampton silt loam, till substratum, 3 to 8 percent slopes		Important	Potentially High	2e
BnB	Bridgehampton-Charlton complex, very stony, 0 to 8 percent slopes			Potentially High	6s
BnC	Bridgehampton-Charlton complex, very stony, 8 to 15 percent slopes				6s
BoC	Bridgehampton-Charlton complex, extremely stony, 3 to 15 percent slopes			Potentially High	7s
BrA	Broadbrook silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes		Prime		1
BrB	Broadbrook silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes		Prime	Potentially High	2e
BsB	Broadbrook very stony silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes			Potentially High	6s

CaC	Canton-Charlton-rock outcrop complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes			Potentially High	7s/8
CaD	Canton-Charlton-rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes			High	7s/8
CB	Canton-urban land complex				2e/8
CC	Canton-urban land complex, very rocky				6s/8
CdA	Canton and Charlton fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes		Prime		1
CdB	Canton and Charlton fine sandy loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes		Prime	Potentially High	2e
CdC	Canton and Charlton fine sandy loams, 8 to 15 percent slopes		Important	High	3e
CeC	Canton and Charlton fine sandy loams, very rocky, 3 to 15 percent slopes			Potentially High	6s
ChB	Canton and Charlton very stony fine sandy loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes			Potentially High	6s
ChC	Canton and Charlton very stony fine sandy loams, 8 to 15 percent slopes			High	6s
ChD	Canton and Charlton very stony fine sandy loams, 15 to 25 percent slopes			High	6s
CkC	Canton and Charlton extremely stony fine sandy loams, 3 to 15 percent slopes				7s
Co	Carlisle muck	Yes			5w

Dc	Deerfield loamy fine sand		Important		3w
Du	Dumps				8

EfA	Enfield silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes		Prime		1
EfB	Enfield silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes		Important	Potentially High	2e

GBC	Gloucester-Bridgehampton complex, rolling		Important	Potentially High	3e
GBD	Gloucester-Bridgehampton complex, hilly			High	4e
GhC	Gloucester-Hinckley very stony sandy loams, rolling			Potentially High	6s/4s
GhD	Gloucester-Hinckley very stony sandy loams, hilly			High	6s

HkA	Hinckley gravelly sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes		Important		3s
HkC	Hinckley gravelly sandy loam, rolling		Important	Potentially High	4s
HkD	Hinckley gravelly sandy loam, hilly			High	6s
HnC	Hinckley-Enfield complex, rolling		Important	Potentially High	4s/3e

Ip	Ipswich peat	Yes			8

LgC	Lippitt gravelly sandy loam, very rocky, 3 to 15 percent slopes			Potentially High	4e

Ma	Mansfield mucky silt loam	Yes			5w
Mc	Mansfield very stony mucky silt loam	Yes			7s
Mk	Matunuck mucky peat	Yes			8
MmA	Merrimac sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes		Prime		2s
MmB	Merrimac sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes		Prime	Potentially High	2s
MU	Merrimac-urban land complex				ws/8

NaA	Narragansett silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes		Prime		1
NaB	Narragansett silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes		Prime	Potentially High	2e
NbB	Narragansett very stony silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes			Potentially High	6s
NbC	Narragansett very stony silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes			Potentially High	6s
NcC	Narragansett extremely stony silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes			Potentially High	7s
NeA	Newport silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes		Prime		1
NeB	Newport silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes		Prime	Potentially High	2e
NeC	Newport silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes		Important	High	3e
NfB	Newport very stony silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes			Potentially High	6s
NoC	Newport extremely stony silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes			Potentially High	7s
NP	Newport-urban land complex				2e/8
Nt	Ninigret fine sandy loam		Prime		2w

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	Status: Published Soil Survey, SSURGO I Certified Digital Soil Survey. Published in 1981, majority of field work conducted during the 1970's. Author: Dean D. Rector Field Work by Craig Ditzler, Anthony Dore, Bruce Laskey, Daniel Spangler, Dale Sprankle, Everett Stuart, and Mark Townsend. Includes all Counties and Towns within the State of Rhode Island.
	Download the "Soils of Rhode Island Landscapes" by William R. Wright and Edward H. Sautter. University of Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 429, Issued January, 1988. This is a scanned PDF copy of the original bulletin, made available with permission from the URIAES.
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