IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scarboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964NH015001
  • User Pedon ID: S1964NH015001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964NH015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4076
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40268
  • 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: 42.9094429
  • Std. Longitude: -71.0161133
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: .6 miles south of junction of Route 107A and Route 108, 50 yards west of Route 108
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH015—Rockingham
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NH015—Rockingham County, New Hampshire

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Vieira and H. Winkley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Histic Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Scarboro
  • PSC - 53 to 128 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SCARBORO
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1964 (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

    ALNUS

    Alnus

    alder

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

    fibric soil materials

    histic epipedon

    sapric soil materials

    reduced matrix

    0—15

    0—28

    15—28

    76—132

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    —13—

    —56—
    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

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    Oi—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); peat; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31173
    Oa—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); muck; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31174
    A—28 to 31 centimeters (11.0 to 12.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mucky fine sand; massive; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31175
    Bg1—31 to 41 centimeters (12.2 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sand; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31176
    Bg2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31177
    BCg—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; massive; very friable; 0.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31178
    Cg1—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) fine sand; massive; nonsticky; 0.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31179
    Cg2—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine sand; massive; nonsticky; 0.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31180