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

    594

    250

    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