IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Sunapee
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
2013NH605079
User Pedon ID:
2013NH605079
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
FS
Lab Pedon # -
2013NH605079
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
79781
Print Date:
9/24/2024
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:
44.0548444
Std. Longitude:
-71.8361222
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
TEUI plot 071, gps waypoint 028, SIE map unit 32
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:
Stuart, Long
Current Taxonomic Class:
Loamy-skeletal, nonacid, frigid Typic Haplohumods
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
not classified to current taxon name
Pedon Purpose:
ecological site data
Pedon Record Orgin:
Pedon PC 6.0
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Sunapee
PSC -
38 to 113 cm.
Classificaton Date -
12/14/2015
Classifier -
Roger DeKett
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Sunapee
Classificaton Date -
9/18/2013
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
supraglacial meltout till derived from igneous and metamorphic rock
Landscape:
mountains
Landform:
mountain
Geomorphic Component Mountains:
mountainflank
Hill Slope Profile:
shoulder
Slope Complexity:
complex
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/4/2013 (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 -
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—18
13—18
18—80
—18—
—5—
—62—
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
12
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—
626
—
310
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Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) moderately decomposed plant material; massive; friable; 7.0 very fine roots and 7.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
Oa—4 to 13 centimeters (1.6 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) highly decomposed plant material; massive; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 2013NH0791; moist when described; observed in pit, small
E—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH indicator solutions; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
Bhs1—18 to 22 centimeters (7.1 to 8.7 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine single grain; friable; 7.0 very fine roots and 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 2013NH0792; moist when described; observed in pit, small
Bhs2—22 to 35 centimeters (8.7 to 13.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 very fine roots and 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
Bs1—35 to 60 centimeters (13.8 to 23.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat 75-163-250 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
Bs2—60 to 80 centimeters (23.6 to 31.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 40 percent by volume nonflat 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
C—80 to 100 centimeters (31.5 to 39.4 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 40 percent by volume nonflat 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 2013NH0793; moist when described; observed in pit, small