IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saugatuck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NH011005
  • User Pedon ID: S1992NH011005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992NH011005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0993
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65233
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 42.9386101
  • Std. Longitude: -71.7372208
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of New Boston. On Francestown turnpike, 700 feet SE of Lyndeboro Road, 50 feet SW of paint on road.
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH011—Hillsborough
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Cynthia Balcius and Peter Whitcomb
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic, ortstein Typic Epiaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saugatuck
  • PSC - 33 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saugatuck
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Typic Epiaquods
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/1992
  • 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: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/26/1992 (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

    BEPO

    QUAL

    VACO

    Betula populifolia

    Quercus alba

    Vaccinium corymbosum

    gray birch

    white oak

    highbush blueberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    fibric soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    spodic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—14

    0—5

    5—8

    14—23

    51—

    85—

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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

    1

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    160

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) slightly decomposed plant material; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06232
    Oa—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) and black (10YR 2/1) highly decomposed plant material; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 92P06233
    A—8 to 14 centimeters (3.1 to 5.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06234
    Bsc1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06235. split sample to determine ortstein percentage and composition; 92P6240
    Bsc2—23 to 34 centimeters (9.1 to 13.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06236. split sample to determine ortstein percentage and composition; 92P6241
    Bw—34 to 51 centimeters (13.4 to 20.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) gravelly coarse sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06237
    2C—51 to 85 centimeters (20.1 to 33.5 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) and dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) very gravelly sandy loam; massive; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06238. stratified silt loam (5Y 5/2, firm), very fine sandy loam (2.5Y 5/3, firm), and coarse sand (2.5Y 5/3, loose) with streaks of (7.5YR 4/6) and (10YR 5/6); 80% silt loam and very fine sandy loam; 20% coarse sand
    3C—85 to 107 centimeters (33.5 to 42.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 92P06239