IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pipestone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NH011006
  • User Pedon ID: S1992NH011006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992NH011006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0994
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65234
  • 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: 42.9494438
  • Std. Longitude: -71.6999969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of New Boston, South Hill Road 1/4 mile W of Route 13, 1/8 mile S of road.
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH011—Hillsborough
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Cynthia Balcius, Jerry Rosenburg, Peter Whitcomb, Warren Lynn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Endoaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pipestone
  • PSC - 27 to 102 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
  • 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: 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

    HAMAM

    TSUGA

    Hamamelis

    Tsuga

    witchhazel

    hemlock

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

    umbric epipedon

    fibric soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    spodic horizon

    redox concentrations

    0—19

    0—8

    8—13

    19—28

    19—100

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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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    168

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    Oi—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) peat; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06242
    Oa—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06243
    A—13 to 27 centimeters (5.1 to 10.6 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) mucky loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06244
    Bs—27 to 36 centimeters (10.6 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; organic stains in root channels and/or pores; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06245
    BC—36 to 44 centimeters (14.2 to 17.3 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loamy sand; friable; 0.5 fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, and dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist,; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06246. iron and organic material (transport) evident
    C1—44 to 55 centimeters (17.3 to 21.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; ; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06247
    C2—55 to 73 centimeters (21.7 to 28.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; faint 5/8 5/8, moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06248
    C3—73 to 108 centimeters (28.7 to 42.5 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; faint 5/8 5/8, moist,; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06249. horizon sampled 65-86 cm; fine sandy loam and very fine sandy loam strata just below 100 cm