IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pishagqua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2019NH015008
  • User Pedon ID: S2019NH015008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 20N0203
  • User Project ID: 2020_CZSS_high_done
  • Project Name: MLRA 149B - CZSS_Lagoon and Sengekontacket Coastal Ponds_Udipsammets_MA007_MA019
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 43.0719444
  • Std. Longitude: -70.9040556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Luberland Creek, Great Bay New Hampshire
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH015—Rockingham
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M.Vega, G.Vega
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Sulfiwassents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pishagqua
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Sulfiwassents
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 0 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/2019
  • Classifier - M.Vega, G.Vega
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Subaqueous Soils Information:
  • SAS Pipe Length Total - 457.2
  • SAS Pipe Length External - 231.6
  • SAS Pipe Length Unfilled - 256
  • SAS Core Settlement - 24.3
  • SAS Core Length - 201.2
  • SAS Core Storage Site - UNH Jackson Lab
  • SAS Exposure Begin - 10/15/2019
  • SAS Exposure End - 10/15/2019


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: estuarine deposits and/or outwash
  • Drainage Class: subaqueous
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot or Site Recorder - M.Vega, G.Vega

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/15/2019 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: M.Vega, G.Vega
  • Surface Water Kind: permanent
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - water cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    sulfidic materials

    0—174

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ase—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face silt loam; moderately fluid; 2 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 20N00769; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube. Oxidized layer on top of horizon: Color is 2.5y 3/2; 3% H2O2 color change: Positive 30% H2O2 color change: Positive
    CAse1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) broken face silt loam; moderately fluid; 1 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 20N00770; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube. 3% H2O2 color change: Positive 30% H2O2 color change: Positive
    CAse2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) broken face silt loam; moderately fluid; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 20N00771; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube. 15% plant fibers present; 3% H2O2 color change: Negative 30% H2O2 color change: Positive
    Cse1—41 to 70 centimeters (16.1 to 27.6 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 3/1) broken face silty clay loam; slightly fluid; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 20N00772; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube. 10% fibers present in horizon; 3% H2O2 color change: Negative 30% H2O2 color change: Negative
    Cse2—70 to 103 centimeters (27.6 to 40.6 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 3/1) broken face silt loam; slightly fluid; 3 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 20N00773; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube. 3% H2O2 color change: Negative 30% H2O2 color change: Negative
    Cse3—103 to 174 centimeters (40.6 to 68.5 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 3/1) broken face fine sandy loam; slightly fluid; 1 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; strong sulfurous odor; reduced monosulfides present; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 20N00774; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube. 3% H2O2 color change: Negative 30% H2O2 color change: Negative; 1% plant fibers present
    2C—174 to 191 centimeters (68.5 to 75.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) broken face loamy fine sand; nonfluid; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 20N00775; moist when described; observed in vibracore tube. 3% H2O2 color change: Negative 30% H2O2 color change: Negative