IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bernardston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978NH005024
  • User Pedon ID: 1978NH005024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0569
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46123
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 42.8930550
  • Std. Longitude: -72.4888916
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 183 meters S of Rt. 9. 200 meters E of intersection of Rt. 9 and Poocham Rd
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH005—Cheshire

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Fragiudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 24
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bernardston
  • PSC - 25 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/29/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bernardston
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    fragipan

    fragic soil properties

    0—12

    12—40

    66—165

    66—165

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    Ap—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 9 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 78P03363. many fine roots
    Bw1—12 to 20 centimeters (4.7 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; 3 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 78P03364. common fine roots
    Bw2—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 16 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 78P03365. few fine roots
    BC—40 to 51 centimeters (15.7 to 20.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 16 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 78P03366. few fine roots
    C—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 21 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 78P03367. few fine roots
    Cx1—66 to 114 centimeters (26.0 to 44.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 3 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 31 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 78P03368
    Cx2—114 to 165 centimeters (44.9 to 65.0 inches); fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; fragments. Lab sample # 78P03369