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{ | ||
"SERIES": "BARN ISLAND", | ||
"STATUS": "Tentative Series", | ||
"BYREV": "BEF-CEP-DCP", | ||
"REVDATE": "03/2024", | ||
"STATES": "CT", | ||
"OVERVIEW": "MLRA(s)--144A, 145\nDepth class--Very deep\nDrainage Class--Very poorly drained\nSaturated Hydraulic Conductivity--low to high\nSurface Runoff--negligible\nParent material--Sapric herbaceous organic deposits over loamy alluvium, estuarine or glacial deposits\nSlope range for series--0 to 2 percent\nMean annual air temperature--10 degrees C (50 degrees F)\nMean annual precipitation--1295 millimeters (51 inches)", | ||
"TAXONOMIC CLASS": { | ||
"section": "TAXONOMIC CLASS", | ||
"content": "TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Sulfisaprists" | ||
}, | ||
"TYPICAL PEDON": { | ||
"section": "TYPICAL PEDON", | ||
"content": "TYPICAL PEDON: Barn island mucky peat on a linear, zero percent slope in a tidal marsh. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise noted).\nOese--0 to 32 centimeters (0.0 to 12.6 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) mucky peat; many very fine to medium roots throughout; 80 percent unrubbed plant fiber, 40 percent rubbed plant fiber; H5 von Post humification scale; slight sulfurous odor; neutral (xxx); xxx acid (xxx) oxidized pH; clear boundary. (10 to 50 centimeters thick)\nOase--32 to 96 centimeters (12.6 to 37.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) muck; common very fine to medium roots throughout; 25 percent unrubbed plant fiber, 12 percent rubbed plant fiber fragments; H8 von Post humification scale slight sulfurous odor; neutral (xxx); xxx acid (xxx) oxidized pH; gradual boundary. (hemic material is 20 to 90 centimeters thick, combined thickness of organic horizons is 40 to 130 centimeters)\nAseg--96 to 112 centimeters (37.8 to 44.1 inches); black (N 2.5/), silt loam; structureless, massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; very fluid; few very fine roots throughout; slight sulfurous odor; neutral (xxx); xxx acid (xxx) oxidized pH; clear boundary.\nACseg--112 to 129 centimeters (44.1 to 50.8 inches); 90 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and 10 percent greenish gray (10Y 5/1) fine sandy loam; structureless, massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; slightly fluid; slight sulfurous odor; neutral (xxx); xxx acid (xxx) oxidized pH; clear boundary.\n2Cg--129 to 200 centimeters (50.8 to 72.0 inches); greenish gray (10Y 5/1) fine sand; structureless, single grain; nonsticky, nonplastic, nonfluid; neutral (xxx); xxx acid (xxx) oxidized pH." | ||
}, | ||
"TYPE LOCATION": { | ||
"section": "TYPE LOCATION", | ||
"content": "TYPE LOCATION: New London County, Town of Stonington, Connecticut; Barn Island Wildlife Management Area, approximately 2,100 feet north of Barn Island Boat Ramp, and 450 feet East of Palmer Neck Road in a tidal marsh. USGS topographic quadrangle: Mystic, CT.\nLatitude--41.3433330\nLongitude-- -71.8765420\nDatum--WGS84\nCoordinates source--from hand-held GPS" | ||
}, | ||
"RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS": { | ||
"section": "RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS", | ||
"content": "RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:\nDepth to bedrock--Greater than 200 centimeters\nSoil moisture--Saturated; peraquic moisture regime\nReaction throughout--Slightly acid to moderately alkaline\nOxidized reaction--Ultra acid or extremely acid in the organic horizons, and extremely acid to moderately acid in the mineral substrate\nElectrical Conductivity (EC 1:5 water)--Greater than 0.6 dS/m throughout\nDepth to hypersulfidic materials (incubated pH 4.0 or less)--0 to 50 centimeters\nCoarse fragments--0 to 50 percent fine and medium gravels, and/or 0 to 10 percent fine and medium shells in the underlying mineral horizons\nCoastal Blue Carbon density range--from XXXX in the organic horizons to XXXX in the mineral substrate. Barn island soils can often average XXXX mega grams of coastal blue carbon per hectare to a 2 meter depth.\nOa, Oase, Oe, Oese, Oi, or Oise horizons (Oase horizons often dominate the surface and subsurface tiers, other types of O horizons are thin or absent)\nHue--7.5YR, 10YR, 2.5Y, 5Y, or N\nValue--2 to 4\nChroma--0 to 3\nTexture--muck, mucky peat, or peat\nOrganic matter content--20 percent or more\nVon Post Scale of Humification - typically ranges from H7 to H10\nAseg or ACseg horizon (where present)\nHue--7.5YR, 10YR, 2.5Y, 5Y, 10Y or N\nValue--2 to 3\nChroma--0 to 2\nTexture--Silt loam, very fine sandy loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, coarse sandy loam including mucky analogues.\nManner of failure/fluidity class--slightly fluid to moderately fluid\nOrganic matter content--less than 20 percent\n2Cseg or 2Cg horizon (where present)\nHue--2.5Y, 5Y, 10Y, or N\nValue--2.5 to 5\nChroma--0 to 3\nTexture--ranges from coarse sand to silty clay loam, coarser textures are typically below 130 centimeters in glacial deposits.\nOrganic matter content--less than 20 percent\nClay content--5 to 25 percent\nManner of failure / fluidity class--nonfluid to very fluid" | ||
}, | ||
"COMPETING SERIES": { | ||
"section": "COMPETING SERIES", | ||
"content": "COMPETING SERIES:\nThere are no competing series in the same family." | ||
}, | ||
"GEOGRAPHIC SETTING": { | ||
"section": "GEOGRAPHIC SETTING", | ||
"content": "GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:\nParent material--Sapric herbaceous organic material over estuarine, alluvial or glacial deposits\nLandscape--Estuaries, coastal lowlands, and tidal rivers\nLandform--Tidal marshes\nSlope--0 to 2 percent\nMean annual precipitation--1023 to 1320 millimeters (40 to 52 inches)\nMean annual air temperature--4 to 13 degrees C (39.2 to 55.4 degrees F)\nFrost-free period--180 to 225 days" | ||
}, | ||
"GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS": { | ||
"section": "GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS", | ||
"content": "GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:\nThese are the Hammonasset, Ipswich, Oyster River, Pawcatuck, Quinnipiac, and Westbrook soils.\nHammonasset soils--formed in thick deposits (greater than 130 centimeters) of sapric dominated organic soil materials.\nIpswich soils--formed in thick deposits of hemic dominated organic soil materials.\nOyster River soils--formed coarse-loamy mineral soil materials with buried organic soil materials 40 centimeters thick within 200 centimeters of the mineral soil surface.\nPawcatuck soils--formed in hemic organic soil materials over sandy mineral soil materials.\nQuinnipiac soils--formed in loamy alluvium and do not have histic epipedons.\nWestbrook soils--formed in hemic dominated organic soil materials over loamy mineral soil materials" | ||
}, | ||
"DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY": { | ||
"section": "DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY", | ||
"content": "DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:\nDrainage class--Very poorly drained\nSaturated hydraulic conductivity--Low to High\nSoil moisture regime--Peraquic\nFlooded twice daily by tides in addition to periodic riverine flooding at times." | ||
}, | ||
"USE AND VEGETATION": { | ||
"section": "USE AND VEGETATION", | ||
"content": "USE AND VEGETATION:\nMajor uses--Most areas are in salt marsh and provide food and habitat for fish, shellfish and wildfowl.\nVegetation--Phragmites australis, Spartina alterniflora, Spartina patens, and Salicornia spp. may occur on these soils." | ||
}, | ||
"DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT": { | ||
"section": "DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT", | ||
"content": "DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:\nGeneral area--These soils are located along the Connecticut coast.\nLand Resource Regions--R - Northeastern Forage and Forest Region\nMLRA(s)--144A, 145\nExtent--Small" | ||
}, | ||
"REGIONAL OFFICE": { | ||
"section": "SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE", | ||
"content": "SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Amherst, Massachusetts" | ||
}, | ||
"ORIGIN": { | ||
"section": "SERIES ESTABLISHED", | ||
"content": "SERIES ESTABLISHED: New London County, Connecticut, 2024." | ||
}, | ||
"REMARKS": { | ||
"section": "REMARKS", | ||
"content": "REMARKS:\nDiagnostic horizons and features in this pedon include--\nPeraquic feature--Zero or positive soil water potential at the soil surface.\nParticle-size control section--The zone from 0 to 130 centimeters.\nOrganic soil materials--0 to 96 centimeters\nSapric soil materials--The zone from 32 to 96 centimeters (Oase horizon).\nHypersulfidic materials--The zone from 0 to 129 centimeters (Oese, Oase, 2Aseg, and 2ACseg horizons) have oxidized reactions with pH values less than 4 after 16 weeks.\nLithologic Discontinuity--129 to 200 centimeters.\nTaxonomic version--Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 13th edition (2022)\nSeries Name - Named for the Barn island River, a tidal tributary of the Connecticut River in Old Lyme, CT." | ||
}, | ||
"ADDITIONAL DATA": { | ||
"section": "ADDITIONAL DATA", | ||
"content": "ADDITIONAL DATA: Type location taken from S2023CT011317 in Barn Island Wildlife Management area, Stonington, CT.\n________________________________________" | ||
}, | ||
"SITE": [ | ||
[ | ||
{ | ||
"drainage": "very poorly", | ||
"drainage_overview": "very poorly" | ||
} | ||
] | ||
], | ||
"HORIZONS": [ | ||
[ | ||
{ | ||
"name": "Oese", | ||
"top": 0, | ||
"bottom": 32, | ||
"dry_hue": "NA", | ||
"dry_value": "NA", | ||
"dry_chroma": "NA", | ||
"moist_hue": "10YR", | ||
"moist_value": 2, | ||
"moist_chroma": 2, | ||
"texture_class": "NA", | ||
"structure": "NA", | ||
"dry_rupture": "NA", | ||
"moist_rupture": "NA", | ||
"coherence": "NA", | ||
"cf_class": "NA", | ||
"pH": "NA", | ||
"pH_class": "neutral", | ||
"eff_class": "NA", | ||
"distinctness": "NA", | ||
"topography": "NA", | ||
"narrative": "Oese--0 to 32 centimeters (0.0 to 12.6 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) mucky peat; many very fine to medium roots throughout; 80 percent unrubbed plant fiber, 40 percent rubbed plant fiber; H5 von Post humification scale; slight sulfurous odor; neutral (xxx); xxx acid (xxx) oxidized pH; clear boundary. (10 to 50 centimeters thick)" | ||
}, | ||
{ | ||
"name": "Oase", | ||
"top": 32, | ||
"bottom": 96, | ||
"dry_hue": "NA", | ||
"dry_value": "NA", | ||
"dry_chroma": "NA", | ||
"moist_hue": "10YR", | ||
"moist_value": 2, | ||
"moist_chroma": 2, | ||
"texture_class": "NA", | ||
"structure": "NA", | ||
"dry_rupture": "NA", | ||
"moist_rupture": "NA", | ||
"coherence": "NA", | ||
"cf_class": "NA", | ||
"pH": "NA", | ||
"pH_class": "neutral", | ||
"eff_class": "NA", | ||
"distinctness": "NA", | ||
"topography": "NA", | ||
"narrative": "Oase--32 to 96 centimeters (12.6 to 37.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) muck; common very fine to medium roots throughout; 25 percent unrubbed plant fiber, 12 percent rubbed plant fiber fragments; H8 von Post humification scale slight sulfurous odor; neutral (xxx); xxx acid (xxx) oxidized pH; gradual boundary. (hemic material is 20 to 90 centimeters thick, combined thickness of organic horizons is 40 to 130 centimeters)" | ||
}, | ||
{ | ||
"name": "Aseg", | ||
"top": 96, | ||
"bottom": 112, | ||
"dry_hue": "NA", | ||
"dry_value": "NA", | ||
"dry_chroma": "NA", | ||
"moist_hue": "NA", | ||
"moist_value": "NA", | ||
"moist_chroma": "NA", | ||
"texture_class": "silt loam", | ||
"structure": "massive", | ||
"dry_rupture": "NA", | ||
"moist_rupture": "NA", | ||
"coherence": "NA", | ||
"cf_class": "NA", | ||
"pH": "NA", | ||
"pH_class": "neutral", | ||
"eff_class": "NA", | ||
"distinctness": "NA", | ||
"topography": "NA", | ||
"narrative": "Aseg--96 to 112 centimeters (37.8 to 44.1 inches); black (N 2.5/), silt loam; structureless, massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; very fluid; few very fine roots throughout; slight sulfurous odor; neutral (xxx); xxx acid (xxx) oxidized pH; clear boundary." | ||
}, | ||
{ | ||
"name": "ACseg", | ||
"top": 112, | ||
"bottom": 129, | ||
"dry_hue": "NA", | ||
"dry_value": "NA", | ||
"dry_chroma": "NA", | ||
"moist_hue": "5Y", | ||
"moist_value": 3, | ||
"moist_chroma": 1, | ||
"texture_class": "fine sandy loam", | ||
"structure": "massive", | ||
"dry_rupture": "NA", | ||
"moist_rupture": "NA", | ||
"coherence": "NA", | ||
"cf_class": "NA", | ||
"pH": "NA", | ||
"pH_class": "neutral", | ||
"eff_class": "NA", | ||
"distinctness": "NA", | ||
"topography": "NA", | ||
"narrative": "ACseg--112 to 129 centimeters (44.1 to 50.8 inches); 90 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and 10 percent greenish gray (10Y 5/1) fine sandy loam; structureless, massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; slightly fluid; slight sulfurous odor; neutral (xxx); xxx acid (xxx) oxidized pH; clear boundary." | ||
}, | ||
{ | ||
"name": "2Cg", | ||
"top": 129, | ||
"bottom": 200, | ||
"dry_hue": "NA", | ||
"dry_value": "NA", | ||
"dry_chroma": "NA", | ||
"moist_hue": "10Y", | ||
"moist_value": 5, | ||
"moist_chroma": 1, | ||
"texture_class": "fine sand", | ||
"structure": "single grain", | ||
"dry_rupture": "NA", | ||
"moist_rupture": "NA", | ||
"coherence": "NA", | ||
"cf_class": "NA", | ||
"pH": "NA", | ||
"pH_class": "neutral", | ||
"eff_class": "NA", | ||
"distinctness": "NA", | ||
"topography": "NA", | ||
"narrative": "2Cg--129 to 200 centimeters (50.8 to 72.0 inches); greenish gray (10Y 5/1) fine sand; structureless, single grain; nonsticky, nonplastic, nonfluid; neutral (xxx); xxx acid (xxx) oxidized pH." | ||
} | ||
] | ||
] | ||
} |
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