IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monadnock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976NH019001
  • User Pedon ID: S1976NH019001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976NH019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1210
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34819
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 43.3597221
  • Std. Longitude: -72.0652771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Sunapee, 50 feet in woods on east side of Oakledge Road, 1.1 miles NNE of the junction of Oakledge Road, and Rt. NH 103B
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH019—Sullivan
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NH019—Sullivan County, New Hampshire

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Shook and G. Domian
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, nonacid, frigid Spodic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Monadnock
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHARLTON
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: supraglacial meltout till derived from igneous and metamorphic rock
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill, mountain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DQV-5M-20
  • 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

    ACPE

    PIRU

    TSUGA

    Acer pensylvanicum

    Picea rubens

    Tsuga

    striped maple

    red spruce

    hemlock

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    cambic horizon

    0—13

    5—13

    13—71

    —13—

    —8—

    —58—
    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

    10

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    390

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09197
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2) highly decomposed plant material; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09198
    E—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) stony fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09199
    Bw1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) stony loamy sand; fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09200
    Bw2—25 to 34 centimeters (9.8 to 13.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) stony fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09201
    Bw3—34 to 53 centimeters (13.4 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) stony fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09202
    BC—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) very stony coarse sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09203
    C1—71 to 96 centimeters (28.0 to 37.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) extremely stony coarse sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09204
    C2—96 to 158 centimeters (37.8 to 62.2 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) extremely stony coarse sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A09205