(tape in inches)

RI009-2006-008-WH

Mainland Cove; Wickford Harbor, North Kingstown, RI

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Pedon Description

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Sampling Information

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The Fort Neck series consist of very deep, subaqueous soils in low energy coastal lagoons and channels.  The Fort Neck soils are formed in less than 100 cm marine silts over marine sands or stratified sand and gravel.  Slope ranges from 0 to 5 percent. 

Pedon Description:

A1--0 to 1 centimeters; black (N 2.5/0) interior, silt loam; very fluid; very abrupt smooth boundary.

A2--1 to 10 centimeters; greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) interior, silt loam; very fluid; clear smooth boundary.

AC--10 to 26 centimeters; very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior, silt loam; moderately fluid; 1 percent shell fragments; Medium and fine shell fragments
; abrupt smooth boundary.

C1--26 to 65 centimeters; dark greenish gray (10Y 3/1) interior, silt loam; moderately fluid; abrupt smooth boundary.

C2--64 to 74 centimeters; dark greenish gray (10Y 3/1) interior, sandy loam; slightly fluid; abrupt smooth boundary.

2C1--74 to 88 centimeters; greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) interior, coarse sand gravel; nonfluid; 20 percent nonflat rounded mixed rock fragments.

                                    

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Laboratory Data:  

 

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General Information

 

General Description:

26 cm marine silts over loess and glacial outwash

Location Description:  

State of Rhode Island, Washington County, Town of North Kingstown – Wickford Harbor,

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Description Date:  

9/12/06

Describer:  

J. Turenne, M. Payne

Pedon ID:  

RI009-2006-008-WH

Pedon Notes:  

3 inch vibracore collected on 8/31/2006; split and described 9/12/2006.

Lab Source ID:  

URI

Lab Pedon #:  

core #3, 369

Soil Name as Described/Sampled:  

Mainland Cove

Soil Name as Correlated:  

Fort Neck

Classification(10th edition):  

Coarse-silty over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mesic Haplic Sulfaquents

Classification (Wassents):

Coarse-silty over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mesic Haplic Sulfiwassents

Water Depth (feet):

 

Primary Earth Cover:  

water cover

Existing Vegetation:  

none

Parent Material:  

silty marine deposits and/or sandy outwash

Particle Size Control Section:  

25 to 100 cm.

Diagnostic Features:  

Sulfidic materials 0-74 cm; Reduced matrix 0-88 cm

 

 

Location Information

 

Country:  

United States

State:  

Rhode Island

County:  

WASHINGTON

MLRA:  

144A -- New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

Soil Survey Area:  

RI600 -- State of Rhode Island: Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington Counties

Quad Name:  

Wickford

Latitude:  

41 degrees 34 minutes 43.129 seconds north

Longitude:  

71 degrees 27 minutes 23.328 seconds east

Datum:  

NAD83

UTM Zone:  

19

UTM Easting:  

295216 meters

UTM Northing:  

4605910 meters

Physiographic Division:  

Appalachian Highlands

Physiographic Province:  

New England Province

Physiographic Section:  

Seaboard lowland section

State Physiographic Area:  

 

Local Physiographic Area:  

Wickford Harbor

 
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