IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): COLTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957NH013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1957NH013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957NH013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0474
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33002
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: -71.6500015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Merrimack County, New Hampshire. 2 miles south of Franklin, east side of US Rt. 3, west side of Merrimack River, 150 yards south of Grays Garage on W.E. Clan Farm.
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH013—Merrimack
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NH013—Merrimack County, New Hampshire

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Pedersen, A. Prince, Dirk van der Voet, H. Winkley, A.D. Hamilton, and E. Hutchinson.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - COLTON
  • PSC - 10 to 40 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hinckley
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/30/1957 (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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    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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; fine and medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03540. Temperature 22 degrees C.
    B21—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03541. 2 percent coarse skeleton; temp. 21.5 degrees C.
    B22—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03542. 30 percent coarse skeleton; temp. 22.5 degrees C.
    D1u—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) Error; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03543. Not sampled; 40 percent coarse skeleton.
    D2u—58 to 64 centimeters (22.8 to 25.2 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03544. Not sampled.
    D3u—64 to 107 centimeters (25.2 to 42.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) Error; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03545. Not sampled; 50 percent coarse skeleton.
    D4u—107 to 112 centimeters (42.1 to 44.1 inches); yellow (10YR 8/8) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03546. Not sampled.