IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Becket
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NH009004
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NH009004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NH009004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0159
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32688
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 44.2138901
  • Std. Longitude: -71.7527771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Grafton County, New Hampshire. 1 1/4 mile due south of the village of Franconia on west side of Ham Branch. (Moosilauke Quadrangle) plot located on photo No. DXV-1N-180.
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH009—Grafton
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NH009—Grafton County, New Hampshire

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Brasher, G. Schmidt, A. Prince, D. van der Voet, T. Kelsey, F. Vieira, and S. Pilgrim.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Becket
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berkshire
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/1960 (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

    ELRE4

    Agrostis gigantea

    Elymus repens

    redtop

    quackgrass

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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

    3

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    Ap1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 3 percent skeletans; fragments. Lab sample # 40A01172
    Ap2—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 3 percent skeletans; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01173
    A2—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; 2 percent skeletans; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A01174
    B21h—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); black (5YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A01175
    B22ir—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 1 percent skeletans; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A01176
    B3—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 5 percent skeletans; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01177
    C1—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) gravelly loamy sand; massive parts to single grain; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01178. Iron staining appears to be derived from inherent coarse fraction.
    C2—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) loamy sand; massive parts to single grain; friable; 12 percent skeletans; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A01179