IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HOWLAND
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962NH009004
  • User Pedon ID: S1962NH009004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962NH009004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0486
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33014
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 44.2230568
  • Std. Longitude: -71.8513870
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Grafton County, New Hampshire; Pine Hill, 1/2 mile south of Rt. 117 at point 1 1/2 miles east of Rt. 10.
  • 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, shallow Aquic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HOWLAND
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlow
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • 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

    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

    4

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03627
    B2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03628
    A'2x—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03629
    B'21x—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 1 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03630
    B'22x—66 to 104 centimeters (26.0 to 40.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loam; moderate medium platy parts to weak angular blocky structure; firm; brittle; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03631. plates shatter when pressed.
    C'x—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loam; massive; very firm; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03632