IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Peru
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977NH005012
  • User Pedon ID: S1977NH005012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977NH005012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1245
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34854
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 43.0050011
  • Std. Longitude: -72.1472244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: town of Nelson, 75 feet east of road; 1/2 mile south of Munsonville
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH005—Cheshire
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NH005—Cheshire County, New Hampshire

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. L. Rosenberg and E. P. Ealy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Aquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Peru
  • PSC - 31 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/30/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WOODBRIDGE
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DQT-4K-24
  • 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

    ACER

    Acer

    maple

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    56 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    0—18

    18—56

    56—

    —18—

    —38—

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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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    415

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    Oe—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09463
    A—6 to 18 centimeters (2.4 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10 percent by volume , 15 percent by weight 2-5-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09464
    Bw1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 8 percent by volume , 12 percent by weight 2-5-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09465
    Bw2—33 to 47 centimeters (13.0 to 18.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent by volume , 24 percent by weight 2-5-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09466
    BC—47 to 56 centimeters (18.5 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sandy loam; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 3 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 14 percent by volume , 21 percent by weight 2-5-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09467
    Cd1—56 to 92 centimeters (22.0 to 36.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) cobbly fine sandy loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 3 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate thick platy structure; firm; 8 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume , 19 percent by weight 2-5-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09468
    Cd2—92 to 130 centimeters (36.2 to 51.2 inches); gravelly fine sandy loam; 21 percent by volume , 32 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # 40A09469
    Cd3—130 to 159 centimeters (51.2 to 62.6 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) gravelly sandy loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 24 percent by volume , 36 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A09470