IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Medomak
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016NH007001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016NH007001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2016NH007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N2129
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87585
  • 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: 44.5135389
  • Std. Longitude: -71.5814167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: NWCA pedon
  • Map Unit: 406A—Medomak mucky silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH007—Coos
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NH607—Coos County Area, New Hampshire
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44071-E5—Groveton, New Hampshire

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DeKett, Philippe
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, acid, frigid Humaqueptic Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Medomak
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, acid, frigid Humaqueptic Fluvaquents
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 38 to 113 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/2016
  • Classifier - DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for long periods
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Roger DeKett

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oa

    A

    Cg

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    13

    32

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    32

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Oa

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    32

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Oa

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    13

    32

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TYPHA

    Typha

    cattail

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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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    Oa—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) highly decomposed plant material; massive; friable; 7.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N09701; wet when described; observed in pit, small
    A—13 to 32 centimeters (5.1 to 12.6 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 2 percent fine distinct dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) iron-manganese masses and 3 percent coarse faint dark gray (5Y 4/1) iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N09702; wet when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg—32 to 100 centimeters (12.6 to 39.4 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions.; wet when described; observed in pit, small. horizon split at 81 cm for sampling; free water @ 1 m; common organic staining in Cg