IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Acton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969NH011001
  • User Pedon ID: S1969NH011001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969NH011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1242
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34851
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.7633324
  • Std. Longitude: -71.6566696
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.3 miles south of junction of N. H. Route 13 and Old Milford Road, in old hayfield approximately 100 feet west of Old Milford Road
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH011—Hillsborough
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Davis and R. Bond
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Acton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gloucester
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial sandy till
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/1969 (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

    ELRE4

    POA

    Elymus repens

    Poa

    quackgrass

    bluegrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—17

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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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    204

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    60

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    Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) coarse sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 4 percent by volume 8-?-25 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09442
    Bw1—17 to 25 centimeters (6.7 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 8 percent by volume 8-?-25 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09443
    Bw2—25 to 39 centimeters (9.8 to 15.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 25-?-53 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 8-?-25 millimeter unspecified fragments and 17 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09444
    B3—39 to 63 centimeters (15.4 to 24.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 25-?-61 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 8-?-25 millimeter unspecified fragments and 24 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09445
    C1—63 to 78 centimeters (24.8 to 30.7 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 25-?-61 millimeter unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume 8-?-25 millimeter unspecified fragments and 21 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09446
    C2—78 to 100 centimeters (30.7 to 39.4 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive, and weak medium platy; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume 25-?-61 millimeter unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume 8-?-25 millimeter unspecified fragments and 24 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09447
    C3—100 to 157 centimeters (39.4 to 61.8 inches); 60 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive, and weak medium platy; friable; 5 percent by volume 25-?-61 millimeter unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume 8-?-25 millimeter unspecified fragments and 27 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # 40A09448