IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Houghtonville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2014NH605068
  • User Pedon ID: 2014NH605068
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - FS
  • Lab Pedon # - 2014NH605068
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79858
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 44.0417083
  • Std. Longitude: -71.8515833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: WAMMO_2014_162; TEUI plot 162; gps waypoint 249
  • 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: DeKett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Typic Haplohumods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.1B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Houghtonville
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berkshire
  • Classificaton Date - 12/29/2014
  • Classifier - DeKett
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: supraglacial meltout till
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/19/2014 (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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oa

    E

    Bhs1

    Bhs2

    Bs

    BC

    0

    3

    7

    15

    33

    62

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    62

    120

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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

    Oa

    E

    Bhs1

    Bhs2

    Bs

    BC

    0

    3

    7

    15

    33

    62

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    62

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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 %

    Oa

    E

    Bhs1

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    Bs

    BC

    0

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    7

    15

    33

    62

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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—7

    3—7

    7—33

    —7—

    —4—

    —26—
    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

    45

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) highly decomposed plant material; massive; friable; 7.0 very fine roots and 3.0 very coarse roots and 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 7.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 2014NH0681; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—3 to 7 centimeters (1.2 to 2.8 inches); dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 7.0 very fine roots and 3.0 very coarse roots and 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 7.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume indurated 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs1—7 to 15 centimeters (2.8 to 5.9 inches); reddish black (2.5YR 2.5/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 7.0 very fine roots and 3.0 very coarse roots and 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 7.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume indurated 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 2014NH0682; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs2—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 very fine roots and 3.0 very coarse roots and 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 7.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume indurated 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs—33 to 62 centimeters (13.0 to 24.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly 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 3.0 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume indurated 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—62 to 120 centimeters (24.4 to 47.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very cobbly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 very fine roots and 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; 20 percent by volume indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume indurated 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 2014NH0683; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small