IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Factoryville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NH013004
  • User Pedon ID: 59NH013004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NH013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0495
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33023
  • 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: 43.1541672
  • Std. Longitude: -71.4499969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Idle field, on Church Road, 1/2 mile Northeast of Road junction 414, Rt. 3, (Suncook Quadrangle), Pembroke, 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43071-B4—Suncook, New Hampshire

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Pedersen, B. Brasher, J. Kubota, A. Prince, D. van der Voet, T. Kelsey, F. Vieira, A. Hamilton, H. Winkley.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Udipsamments
  • 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 #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Factoryville
  • PSC - 25 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1959 (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

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    densic materials

    0—25

    25—56

    84—

    84—157

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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

    4

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03697
    Bw1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03698
    Bw2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine gravelly loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; 21 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03699
    BC—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine gravelly loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03700
    Cd1—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak medium platy structure; firm; 21 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03701
    Cd2—107 to 157 centimeters (42.1 to 61.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak coarse platy structure; firm; 3 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03702
    C—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03703