IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MONADNOCK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NH009008
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NH009008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NH009008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0464
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32992
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 44.2161102
  • Std. Longitude: -71.7927780
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Grafton County, New Hampshire. Meyer property located in village of Sugar Hill, .9 mile due south of Garnet Hill. Plot located on photo No. DXV-4N-158.
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH009—Grafton
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NH009—Grafton County, New Hampshire
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44071-A7—Mount Moosilauke, New Hampshire

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Brasher, G. Schmidt, D. van der Voet, T. Kelsey, F. Vieira, and S. Pilgrim.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MONADNOCK
  • PSC - 10 to 40 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berkshire
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/23/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    CASTI2

    ELRE4

    LEUCA4

    TRPR2

    Castilleja

    Elymus repens

    Leucanthemum

    Trifolium pratense

    Indian paintbrush

    quackgrass

    daisy

    red clover

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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

    6

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03464. Contains 3 percent coarse skeleton.
    B1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A03465. Contains 2 percent coarse skeleton.
    B2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03466. Contains 4 percent coarse skeleton.
    B31—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03467. Contains 4 percent coarse skeleton.
    B32—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; gray (5Y 6/1) on faces of peds and olive gray (5Y 4/2) on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03468. Contains 6 percent coarse skeleton; slight tendency toward plates in place.
    C1—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03469. Contains 10 percent coarse skeleton; weathered dark brown schist fragments common.
    C2—104 to 130 centimeters (40.9 to 51.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03470
    C3—130 to 163 centimeters (51.2 to 64.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03471