IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sunapee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2014NH605024
  • User Pedon ID: 2014NH605024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - FS
  • Lab Pedon # - 2014NH605024
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79814
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 44.1051583
  • Std. Longitude: -71.8156528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: WAMMO_2014_119; TEUI plot 119; gps waypoint 315
  • 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, 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 6.1B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sunapee
  • PSC - 40 to 115 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/14/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sunapee
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/2014
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy supraglacial meltout till derived from igneous and metamorphic rock
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainbase
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • 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: 7/10/2014 (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 - sunny
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oe

    Oa

    E

    Bhs

    Bsm

    BCm

    C

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    32

    65

    80

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Oe

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    E

    Bhs

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    BCm

    C

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Oe

    Oa

    E

    Bhs

    Bsm

    BCm

    C

    0

    3

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    25

    32

    65

    80

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    0—25

    15—25

    25—65

    —25—

    —10—

    —40—
    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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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2.5/2) moderately decomposed plant material; massive; very friable; 7.0 very fine roots and 7.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oa—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) highly decomposed plant material; massive; very friable; 7.0 very fine roots and 3.0 very coarse roots and 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 2014NH0241; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); gray (7.5YR 6/1) loamy fine sand; 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; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—25 to 32 centimeters (9.8 to 12.6 inches); reddish black (2.5YR 2.5/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately smeary; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 2 percent by volume indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 2014NH0242; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bsm—32 to 65 centimeters (12.6 to 25.6 inches); 60 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and 40 percent dusky red (10R 3/2) fine sandy loam; massive parts to strong coarse subangular blocky; firm by iron; high excavation difficulty; 3.0 medium roots between peds and 3.0 fine roots between peds; 5 percent by volume indurated 2-39-75 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. more than 50% cemented; no roots where cemented
    BCm—65 to 80 centimeters (25.6 to 31.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; massive parts to moderate medium subangular blocky; firm by iron; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions and 30 percent coarse distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. more than 50% cemented; no roots where cemented
    C—80 to 95 centimeters (31.5 to 37.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loamy very fine sand; massive parts to weak medium platy; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent coarse faint light olive gray (5Y 6/2) iron depletions and 30 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 2014NH0243; moist when described; observed in pit, small