IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Suffield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957NH017002
  • User Pedon ID: S1957NH017002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957NH017002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0477
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33005
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 43.2611931
  • Std. Longitude: -70.9717294
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Strafford County, New Hampshire. Adjacent to Rt. 125 on southern boundary of Rochester Country Club, Rochester.
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH017—Strafford
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NH017—Strafford County, New Hampshire

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Pedersen, A Prince, Dirk van der Voet, F. Vieira, T. Kelsey.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Suffield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Melrose
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1957 (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

    AGGI2

    PIPA2

    Agrostis gigantea

    Pinus palustris

    redtop

    longleaf pine

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—8

    28—79

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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

    9

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03559
    Bw—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03560
    E—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03561
    B'w1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) sandy loam; weak very fine platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03562
    2B'w2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; strong angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03563
    2B'w3—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) and gray (5Y 5/1) broken face silty clay; strong prismatic parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03564
    2C1—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silty clay; moderate coarse platy parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03565
    2C2—94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silty clay; strong coarse platy parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03566