IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Becket
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NH009006
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NH009006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NH009006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0463
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32991
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 44.1749992
  • Std. Longitude: -71.8722229
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Grafton County, New Hampshire. James McQuire farm, 1 mile east of Landaff village. Plot located on photo DXV-7N-68.
  • 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44071-A7—Mount Moosilauke, New Hampshire

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Brasher, G. Schmidt, D van der Voet, T. Kelsey, F. Vieira, and S. Pilgrim.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Becket
  • PSC - 10 to 40 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/1960
  • 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: 6/22/1960 (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

    TRPR2

    Agrostis gigantea

    Trifolium pratense

    redtop

    red clover

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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
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    5

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03457. 2 percent coarse skeleton.
    B21—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03458. 3 percent coarse skeleton. Arbitrary break at 7 inches for laboratory purposes.
    B22—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A03459. Contains 3 percent coarse skeleton.
    B3—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A03460. Contains 5 percent coarse skeleton.
    C1—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; light olive gray (5Y 6/2) on rock fragments; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03461. Contains 14 percent coarse skeleton; slight tendency toward plates.
    C2—79 to 137 centimeters (31.1 to 53.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03462. Contains 13 percent coarse skeleton; slight tendency toward plates in place; few root stains.
    C3—137 to 185 centimeters (53.9 to 72.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03463