OSD Data Refresh - 2024-12-01

OSD/A/ALEWIFE_COVE.txt

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+LOCATION ALEWIFE COVE           CT
+
+Established Series
+CEP-BEF-DCP
+10/2024
+
+ALEWIFE COVE SERIES
+
+MLRA(s)--144A, 145
+Depth class--Very deep
+Drainage Class--Subaqueous
+Water Depth Range--0 to 300 centimeters
+Parent material--Sandy-skeletal marine deposits
+Geomorphic location--Flood-tidal deltas in estuaries
+Slope range for series--0 to 2 percent
+Mean annual air temperature--10 degrees C (50 degrees F)
+Mean annual precipitation--1295 millimeters (51 inches)
+
+TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Haplic Sulfiwassents
+
+TYPICAL PEDON: Alewife Cove sand on a on a flood tidal delta, 1 percent slope. Tidal range is 280 centimeters. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise noted).
+
+ Aseg--0 to 20 centimeters; black (5Y 2.5/1) sand; structureless, single grain; nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 2 percent shell fragments and 10 percent gravel; positive acid volatile sulfide (AVS) presence test; slightly alkaline (pH 7.7); slightly acid (pH 6.4) oxidized pH; clear boundary.                                     
+
+ Cseg1--20 to 33 centimeters; very dark gray (5Y 3/1) gravelly sand; structureless, single grain; nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 5 percent shell fragments and 20 percent gravel; positive acid volatile sulfide (AVS) presence test; moderately alkaline (pH 7.9); extremely acid (pH 3.9) oxidized pH; clear boundary.            
+
+ Cseg2--33 to 60 centimeters; 95 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) and 5 percent black (N 2.5/), very gravelly sand; structureless, single grain; nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 40 percent gravel; moderately alkaline (pH 7.9); ultra acid (pH 3.4) oxidized pH; clear boundary.                                                                                     
+
+ Cseg3--60 to 121 centimeters; dark gray (5Y 4/1) very gravelly coarse sand; structureless, single grain; nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 3 percent shell fragments and 50 percent gravel; slight sulfurous odor; moderately alkaline (pH 7.9); extremely acid (pH 3.7) oxidized pH; clear boundary.                                                                            
+
+ Cg--121 to 200 centimeters; dark gray (5Y 4/1) gravelly sand; structureless, single grain; nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 2 percent shell fragments and 20 percent gravel; moderately alkaline (pH 7.9); strongly acid (pH 5.4) oxidized pH.                               
+
+TYPE LOCATION: New London County, Connecticut; In Mumford Cove, approximately 274 meters (900 feet) north of the entrance to Venetian Harbor and 232 meters (760 feet) west of the shore at Groton Long Point. USGS topographic quadrangle: New London, CT
+
+Latitude--41.3177800
+Longitude-- -72.0171100
+Datum--WGS84
+Coordinates source--from hand-held GPS
+
+RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
+Depth to bedrock--Greater than 200 centimeters
+Soil moisture--These soils are continuously inundated
+Reaction throughout--Neutral to strongly alkaline (pH 6.6 to 9.0)
+Oxidized reaction--Ultra acid to neutral throughout (pH <3.5 to 7.3)
+Electrical conductivity (EC 1:5 water), throughout--0.6 dS/m or greater
+Depth to hypersulfidic materials (incubated pH 4.0)--0 to 50 centimeters
+Shell fragments--0 to 50 percent, by volume in individual horizons 
+Coarse fragments--0 to 85 percent gravels, by volume in individual horizons
+Total Soil Organic Carbon Stock to 200 centimeters--4 to 40 kg C m-2
+
+Aseg or Acseg horizon (where present)
+Hue--10Y, 10YR, 5Y, or N
+Value--2 to 4
+Chroma--0 or 1
+Texture--sand; range includes coarse sand through loamy sand
+Manner of failure / fluidity class--nonfluid
+Organic carbon density--4 to 21 kg C m-3
+
+Cseg or Cg
+Hue--2.5Y, 5Y, 10Y, or N
+Value--2.5 to 5
+Chroma--0 or 1
+Texture--sand; range includes coarse sand through fine sand
+Manner of failure / fluidity class--nonfluid
+Organic carbon density--2 to 20 kg C m-3
+
+2Cseg horizon (where present)
+Hue--5Y, 10Y, or N
+Value--3 or 4
+Chroma--0 or 1
+Texture--sand, silt loam or fine sandy loam
+Manner of failure / fluidity class-nonfluid or slightly fluid 
+Organic carbon density--1 to 21 kg C m-3
+
+COMPETING SERIES:
+These are no competing series. 
+
+GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
+Parent material-Sandy and gravelly marine deposits, loamy estuarine deposits may be found below marine deposits in some pedons.  
+Landscape--Estuaries 
+Landform--Flood-tidal deltas, ebb-tidal deltas
+Slope--0 to 2 percent
+Mean annual precipitation--1023 to 1320 millimeters (40 to 52 inches)
+Mean annual air temperature--4 to 13 degrees C (39 to 55 degrees F)
+Water salinity range--18 to 30 parts per thousand
+Frost-free period--350 to 365 days
+
+GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
+These are Marshneck, Massapog ,and Pishagqua soils. 
+Marshneck soils--found on flood-tidal deltas with lower energy, and have a coarse-loamy particle size control section
+Massapaug soils--found on flood-tidal deltas, with sandy textures with less than 35% rock fragments and lack hypersulfidic soil materials
+Pishagqua soils--found in nearby low energy lagoon bottom, cove and channel landforms, and fine-silty textured materials throughout
+
+DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
+Drainage class--Subaqueous
+Saturated hydraulic conductivity--High or Very High
+Soil moisture regime--Peraquic
+Soil is continuously inundated with salt or brackish water.
+
+USE AND VEGETATION:
+Major uses--Areas of this soil are used for recreational fishing and swimming. Commercial uses include shell fishing and aquaculture. Wildlife use and benthic fauna associated with this soil includes tubeworms, clams, juvenile blue crabs, scallops, and juvenile finfish.
+Native vegetation--Eelgrass (Zostera marina) and widgeon grass (Ruppia maritima) may occur on these soils.
+
+DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
+General area--These soils are located along Connecticut coast.
+Land Resource Regions--R - Northeastern Forage and Forest 
+MLRA(s)--144A and 145
+Extent-Small
+
+SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Special Projects Office
+
+SERIES ESTABLISHED: New London County, Connecticut, 2024.
+
+REMARKS: 
+Diagnostic horizons and features in this pedon include--
+Peraquic feature--Positive soil water potential (permanently submerged) at the soil surface. (under 2 meters of salt water).
+Haplic feature--Have an n-value of 0.7 or less (or a nonfluid class) or less than 8 percent clay in some horizon at a depth between 20 and 50 centimeters.
+Particle-size control section--The zone from 0 to 100 centimeters (0 to 40 inches) is sandy-skeletal.
+Hypersulfidic materials--The zone from 0 to 121 centimeters (Aseg and Cseg horizons) have oxidized reactions with pH values less than 4 after 16 weeks.
+Taxonomic version--Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 13th edition (2022)
+
+ADDITIONAL DATA: Type location taken from S2022CT011023 in Mumford Cove, Groton, CT.
+
+Additional support pedons used to develop this series include: S2022CT011031 and 2017CT011038.
+________________________________________
+National Cooperative Soil Survey
+U.S.A.

OSD/A/AMARADA.txt

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 LOCATION AMARADA                TX
 
-Tentative Series
+Established Series
 SAK-GWH-AKS
-01/2023
+10/2024
 
 AMARADA SERIES
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Land Resource Region--T- Atlantic and Gulf Coast Lowland Forest and Crop Region
 MLRA--150B - Gulf Coast Saline Prairies 
 Extent--Small
 
-SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Temple, Texas
+SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: SPECIAL PROJECTS OFFICE
 
 SERIES PROPOSED: Brazoria County, Texas, 2022. The name is from a geographic location near the series type location.
 

OSD/A/ANGUILLA.txt

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-LOCATION ANGUILLA               CT+MA+NY+RI
+LOCATION ANGUILLA               CT+MA NY RI
 
 Established Series
-Revised MKP-DAS-JTI
-04/2023
+Revised MKP-DAS-JTI-BEF
+10/2024
 
 ANGUILLA SERIES
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Mean annual precipitation--1295 millimeters (51 inches)
 
 TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, mixed, mesic Haplic Sulfiwassents
 
-TYPICAL PEDON: Anguilla  sand on a south facing, concave slope in a mainland cove under 1.1 meter of estuarine water. Tidal range is 80 centimeters. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated).
+TYPICAL PEDON: Anguilla sand on a south facing, concave slope in a mainland cove under 1.1 meter of estuarine water. Tidal range is 80 centimeters. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated).
 
  Aseg--0 to 10 centimeters black (N 2.5/) sand; single grain; very fluid; 1 percent macroalgal fragments, 0 percent rubbed; moderate sulfurous odor; strongly saline; neutral (pH 7.0); ultra acid (pH 3.4) oxidized pH; clear boundary.
 
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Reaction throughout--Neutral to moderately alkaline (pH 6.6 to 8.4)
 Oxidized reaction--Ultra acid to moderately alkaline (pH < 3.5 to 8.4)
 Electrical conductivity (1:5 soil-water),  throughout--0.6 dS/m or greater
 Depth to sulfidic materials (oxidized pH < 4.0)--0 to 50 centimeters
+Total Soil Organic Carbon Stock 0 to 100 centimeters--3 to 5 kg m-3
+Total Soil Organic Carbon Stock 0 to 200 centimeters--8 to 15 kg m-3
 
 Aseg, ACseg, or CAseg horizon (where present)
 Hue--10YR, 2.5Y, 5Y, 10Y or is neutral
@@ -53,7 +55,19 @@ Organic carbon content--0.1 to 3.2 percent
 Herbaceous fibers--0 to 5 percent unrubbed and 0 percent rubbed 
 Rock fragments--Gravel 0 to 50 percent
 Shell fragments--0 to 20 percent
+Sulfurous odor may be present
+Organic carbon density--2 to 11 kg m-2
+
+Cseg or Cg horizon (where present)--
+Hue--2.5Y, 5Y, 10Y, 5GY, or is neutral
+Value--2 to 5
+Chroma--0 to 2
+Texture--fine sandy loam, loamy sand, fine sand, sand, or coarse sand. Textures may be stratified
+Manner of failure--nonfluid to slightly fluid
+Rock fragments--0 to 50 percent
+Shell fragments--0 to 50 percent
 Sulfurous odor may be present.
+Organic carbon density--2 to 10 kg m-2
 
 2C or 2Cg horizon-
 Hue--7.5YR, 10YR, 2.5Y, 5Y, 10Y, 5GY or is neutral
@@ -63,7 +77,8 @@ Texture--sandy loam, loamy sand, loamy coarse sand, fine sand, sand, or coarse s
 Manner of failure--nonfluid or slightly fluid
 Rock fragments--Gravel, 0 to 55 percent
 Shell fragments--0 to 50 percent
-Redoximorphic features may be present.
+Redoximorphic features may be present
+Organic carbon density--2 to 10 kg m-2
 
 COMPETING SERIES:
 There are no competing series in the same family.
@@ -80,7 +95,6 @@ Frost-free period--350 to 365 days
 
 GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
 These are the Billington, FortNeck, Massapog, Nagunt, Napatree, Pishagqua, Rhodesfolly, and Wequetequock soils.
-
 Billington, Pishagqua, and Wequetequock soils--are in mainland coves and lagoon bottom landscapes and have fluid silt loam materials in the soil profile.
 Fort Neck soils--have finer textures and fluid silt loam materials at the soil surface.
 Massapog soils--are found on flood tidal delta flats in coastal lagoons and do not have sulfidic materials within 100 centimeters of the soil surface.
@@ -104,7 +118,7 @@ Land Resource Regions--R - Northeastern Forage and Forest Region and S - Norther
 MLRA(s)--144A and 149B
 Extent--Small
 
-SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Amherst, Massachusetts.
+SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: SPECIAL PROJECTS OFFICE
 
 SERIES ESTABLISHED: New London County, Connecticut, 2010.
 
@@ -120,7 +134,7 @@ N-value > 0.7--the zone from 0 to 40 centimeters (Aseg and ACseg horizons).
 Rock fragment content > 35 percent in 2Cg horizon placing these soils in Sulfiwassents Great Group.
 Taxonomic version--Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 13th edition (2022)
 
-ADDITIONAL DATA: Type location taken from 2005CT011001 in Little Narragansett Bay. Additional support pedons include S2000RI009007, S2000RI009009, S2005RI009002B, S2005CT011006, S2006CT011001, S2006CT011008, S2006RI009001, S2006RI009009, S2006RI009012, S2007RI009006, S2007RI009011, S2007RI009013, S2008RI009006, S2009RI009012, S2009RI009013.
+ADDITIONAL DATA: Type location taken from 2005CT011001 in Little Narragansett Bay. Additional support pedons include S2000RI009007, S2000RI009009, S2005RI009002B, S2005CT011006, S2006CT011001, S2006CT011008, S2006RI009001, S2006RI009009, S2006RI009012, S2007RI009006, S2007RI009011, S2007RI009013, S2008RI009006, S2009RI009012, S2009RI009013, S2022CT009088.
 
 National Cooperative Soil Survey
 U.S.A.