IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saugatuck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NH013002
  • User Pedon ID: 59NH013002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NH013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0492
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33020
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 43.1250000
  • Std. Longitude: -71.4416656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Currier Farm, 1/4 mile south of Route 28 at east side of Route 3, Allenstown, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH013—Merrimack
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NH013—Merrimack County, New Hampshire

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Pedersen, B. Brasher, J Kubota, A. Prince, D. van der Voet, E. Hutchinson, T. Kelsey, S. Pilgrim, H. Winkley.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic, shallow, ortstein Typic Duraquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saugatuck
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saugatuck
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Landform: depression
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CAREX

    Carex

    sedge

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic materials

    albic horizon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—25

    25—48

    25—48

    48—74

    150—160

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    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

    2

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03674. Common reddish brown root stains along root channels; occasional tongues of Ap extending into the A2.
    Eg—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03675. Common reddish brown root stains along root channels.
    Bw1—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse sand; massive; very firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03676
    Bw2—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse sand; massive; very firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03677
    BC1—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sand; massive; firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03678. Many fine dark brown spots in sand.
    BC2—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sand; massive; firm; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03679. sand spotted with many fine dark brown spots.
    BC3—114 to 150 centimeters (44.9 to 59.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; massive; firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03680. sand spotted with many fine dark brown spots.
    C—150 to 160 centimeters (59.1 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) coarse sand; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A03681