IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Canterbury
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956NH013002
  • User Pedon ID: S1956NH013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0480
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33008
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 43.4333344
  • Std. Longitude: -71.6305542
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Pit dug in hay-pasture field on L. L. Leighton Farm on east side of East Pleasant Street 1/4 mile south of farm house. Pit approximately 500 yards from crest of hill. 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: A. Dickason, E. Hutchinson, A.D. Hamilton, E.J. Pedersen, L.E. Garland, and D. van der Voet.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, frigid, shallow Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Canterbury
  • PSC - 25 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlow
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    43 - 152

    - 109 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    densic materials

    aquic conditions

    0—18

    18—53

    43—

    43—152

    53—152

    —18—

    —35—

    —-

    —109—

    —99—
    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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03584
    Bw1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03585
    Bw2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03586
    Ed—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A03587
    Cd1—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine pores; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A03588. pores are glazed and are on outside of plates.
    Cd2—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; firm; 3.0 fine pores; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03589
    Cd3—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; firm; 3.0 fine pores; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03590