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Rhode Island Soil Survey - Map Unit Legend

Picture of Rhode Island Soil Survey Book

The published Soil Survey of Rhode Island is considered to be an archived (outdated) report and Not "Official" USDA-NRCS soil data. The source to obtain "Official" NRCS soil maps (spatial data) and interpretive information (tabular data) is from the Soil Data Mart (http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Survey.aspx?State=RI) and the Web Soil Survey (http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/).

The archived published report (manuscript and maps) has been scanned into an electronic format and is posted online at: http://nesoil.com/ri/Soil_Survey_of_Rhode_Island_1981.pdf (this is a 10 megabyte PDF Document) a GIS file of the index to atlas sheets with hyperlinks to the scanned map sheets is available at: http://nesoil.com/ri/map_index.zip.

Click on the map unit symbol to link to the map unit description from the published soil survey (Rector, 1981).

NOTE: Official spatial and tabular soil survey data for Rhode Island is located on the Soil Data Mart Click Here for the Soil Data Mart Site.

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
           
PaA Paxton fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes   Prime   1
PaB Paxton fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes   Prime Potentially High 2e
PbB Paxton very stony fine sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes     Potentially High 6s
PbC Paxton very stony fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes       6s
PcC Paxton extremely stony fine sandy loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes     Potentially High 7s
PD Paxton-urban land complex       1e/8
Pg Pits, quarries       8
Pk Pits, quarries       8
PmA Pittstown silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes   Prime   2w
PmB Pittstown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes   Prime Potentially High 2e
PnB Pittstown very stony silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes     Potentially High 6s
Pp Podunk fine sandy loam No     2w
PsA Poquonock loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes   Prime   2s
PsB Poquonock loamy fine sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes   Prime Potentially High 2s
           
QoA Quonset gravelly sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes   Important   3s
QoC Quonset gravelly sandy loam, rolling   Important Potentially High 4s
           
RaA Rainbow silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes   Prime   2w
RaB Rainbow silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes   Prime Potentially High 2e
RbB Rainbow very stony silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes     Potentially High 6s
Rc Raypol silt loam Yes Important   4w
Re Ridgebury fine sandy loam Yes Important   3w
Rf Ridgebury, Whitman, and Leicester extremely stony fine sandy loams