IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saddleback
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NH007002
  • User Pedon ID: 85NH007002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0161
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57966
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 44.5722237
  • Std. Longitude: -71.4286118
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Stratford.
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH007—Coos

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John F. Handler and Bruce C. Dubee
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Lithic Cryorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saddleback
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saddleback
  • Taxonomic Class - Thixotropic-skeletal Humic Lithic Cryorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    43

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    708

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    135

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    Oi—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. common very fine and fine roots
    Oe—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) interior unknown texture; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00998. common very fine and fine roots
    Oa—13 to 21 centimeters (5.1 to 8.3 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) interior Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00999. many very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    Bh—21 to 29 centimeters (8.3 to 11.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately smeary; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01000. common very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    Bs—29 to 59 centimeters (11.4 to 23.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior very gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; weakly smeary; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 7 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01001. common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    R—59 to 100 centimeters (23.2 to 39.4 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments. Unweathered Conway Granite bedrock. 3 to 10 cm lenses of dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravely sandy loam.