IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHESUNCOOK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962NH009003
  • User Pedon ID: S1962NH009003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962NH009003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0485
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33013
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 44.2355537
  • Std. Longitude: -71.8519440
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Grafton County, New Hampshire; Firlands Associates, 3 miles west of Sugar Hill along Rt. 117 and 1/2 mile northeast of Rt. 117
  • 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: E. Pedersen, S. Ross, R. Bond, C. Dellinger, T. Kelsey, D. van der Voet, H. Winkley.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Aquic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CHESUNCOOK
  • PSC - 10 to 17 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pinckney
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: drumlin field
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1962 (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

    ABIES

    PICEA

    Abies

    Picea

    fir

    spruce

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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

    12

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03620
    B21h(ir)—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03621
    B22—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loam; subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03622
    A'2x—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium faint mottles; moderate thick platy structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03623
    B'21x—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loam; massive; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03624
    B'22x—74 to 112 centimeters (29.1 to 44.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) gravelly loam; massive; very firm; 18 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03625
    Cx—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loam; massive parts to weak coarse platy; very firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03626