IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monadnock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977NH007002
  • User Pedon ID: S1977NH007002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977NH007002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1252
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34861
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 44.2838898
  • Std. Longitude: -71.2366638
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Green's Grant, southeast of borrow area below 1 miles post on Auto Road
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH007—Coos
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NH607—Coos County Area, New Hampshire

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. A. L. Pilgrim, and R. J. Kelsea
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, isotic over mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Monadnock
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BECKET
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: supraglacial meltout till derived from igneous and metamorphic rock
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill, mountain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DXU3LL-12
  • 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

    ACSP2

    BETUL

    FAGUS

    TSUGA

    Abies

    Acer spicatum

    Betula

    Fagus

    Tsuga

    fir

    mountain maple

    birch

    beech

    hemlock

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    0—18

    8—18

    18—56

    —18—

    —10—

    —38—
    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

    5

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    564

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09523
    Oa—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); highly decomposed plant material; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09523
    E—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09524
    Bhs—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; moderately smeary; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09525
    Bs1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; weakly smeary; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09526
    Bs2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09527
    Bs3—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 16 percent by volume , 25 percent by weight 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09528
    2C1—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) gravelly loamy sand; massive; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09529
    2C2—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) gravelly loamy sand; massive; friable; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A09530