IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Berkshire
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
2013NH605058
User Pedon ID:
2013NH605058
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
FS
Lab Pedon # -
2013NH605058
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
79760
Print Date:
10/31/2024
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:
44.0529722
Std. Longitude:
-71.8461583
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
TEUI plot 086, gps waypoint 017, SIE map unit 34
State:
New Hampshire
County:
NH009—Grafton
MLRA:
143—Northeastern Mountains
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NE-STJ—Saint Johnsbury, Vermont
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NH605—White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire and Maine
PEDON
Describers Name:
Long, Stuart
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Typic Haplorthods
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
not classified to current taxon name
Pedon Purpose:
ecological site data
Pedon Record Orgin:
Pedon PC 6.0
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Berkshire
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Typic Haplorthods
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
11/20/2015
Classifier -
Roger DeKett
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture SUBClass -
typic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
supraglacial meltout till over basal till
Landscape:
mountains
Landform:
mountain
Geomorphic Component Mountains:
mountainflank
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Slope Complexity:
complex
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/14/2013 (actual site observation date)
Surface Water Kind:
none observed
Microrelief Kind:
microslope
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
tree cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
intermixed conifers and hardwoods
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Current Weather -
overcast
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
albic horizon
spodic horizon
0—30
22—30
30—72
—30—
—8—
—42—
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
50
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594
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250
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Oa—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); stony highly decomposed plant material; massive; friable; 7.0 very fine roots and 7.0 very coarse roots and 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 7.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume flat 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume flat 380-490-600 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 2013NH0581; moist when described; observed in pit, small
E—22 to 30 centimeters (8.7 to 11.8 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) stony fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 very coarse roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume flat 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume flat 380-490-600 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH indicator solutions; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
Bhs—30 to 35 centimeters (11.8 to 13.8 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2.5/2) stony fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 very coarse roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume flat 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume flat 380-490-600 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH indicator solutions; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 2013NH0582; moist when described; observed in pit, small
Bs1—35 to 48 centimeters (13.8 to 18.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) stony fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 very coarse roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume flat 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume flat 380-490-600 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
Bs2—48 to 72 centimeters (18.9 to 28.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) stony fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 very coarse roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume flat 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume flat 380-490-600 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
C—72 to 104 centimeters (28.3 to 40.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) very stony fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume flat 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume flat 380-490-600 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 2013NH0583; moist when described; observed in pit, small. this could be a BC horizon but couldn't dig any deeper due to stones