IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pipestone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NH011002
  • User Pedon ID: S1992NH011002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992NH011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0990
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65230
  • 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: 42.8516655
  • Std. Longitude: -71.5922241
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 2 miles E of Amherst on County Road.
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH011—Hillsborough
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kathy Swain and Peter Whitcomb
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Endoaquods
  • 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pipestone
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pipestone-like
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Typic Epiaquods
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1992
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Microfeature: tree-tip mound
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    MIRE

    TSUGA

    Mitchella repens

    Tsuga

    partridgeberry

    hemlock

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

    fibric soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    albic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    redox concentrations

    spodic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—3

    3—7

    7—12

    7—12

    12—65

    33—48

    33—48

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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

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    75

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) peat; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06202
    Oa—3 to 7 centimeters (1.2 to 2.8 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) muck; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06203
    E—7 to 12 centimeters (2.8 to 4.7 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06204
    Bs1—12 to 25 centimeters (4.7 to 9.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) mucky sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist,; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06205. intermittent (10YR 2/2) Bh in upper cm of Bs1, 0.5-3 cm thick
    Bs2—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist,; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06206
    By—33 to 40 centimeters (13.0 to 15.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 3 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist,; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06207. sample split to determine ortstein percent and composition; 92P6211
    Bsm1—40 to 48 centimeters (15.7 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) coarse sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; very dark gray (5YR 3/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06208
    Bsm2—48 to 65 centimeters (18.9 to 25.6 inches); 60 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 21 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06209
    C—65 to 103 centimeters (25.6 to 40.6 inches); 30 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and 70 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very gravelly sand; massive; loose; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 92P06210. gravel encountered about 1 m under water; water flows into pit through this horizon, below overlying cemented material