IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chatfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995NH013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1995NH013003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995NH013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - LIMS
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0706
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67736
  • 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: 43.1239028
  • Std. Longitude: -71.3621111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Allenstown- Bear Brook State Park- Bear Hill Sideslope 191 Paces West 26 Paces North Starting At Bear Hill Trail & Podunk Road
  • Map Unit: 250D—Chatfield-Montauk-Hollis complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very rocky
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Hampshire
  • County: NH013—Merrimack
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NH609—Merrimack and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43071-A3—Candia, New Hampshire

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: PHIL MEYER
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 147
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chatfield
  • PSC - 38 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHATFIELD
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy till derived from igneous and metamorphic rock
  • Landscape: BEDROCK CONTROLLED upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: granite at 84cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oi2

    Oa

    Bw1

    Bw2

    3

    10

    14

    18

    5

    13

    18

    48

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    4.5

    4.8
    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

    Oi2

    Oa

    Bw1

    Bw2

    3

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    18

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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 %

    Oi2

    Oa

    Bw1

    Bw2

    3

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    18

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    48

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

    ACER

    BEPA

    PIST

    QUERC

    Acer

    Betula papyrifera

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus

    maple

    paper birch

    eastern white pine

    oak

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

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    84 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—13

    13—48

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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

    23

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    Oi1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 95P05054; moist when described; observed in pit, small. leaf litter
    Oi2—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 95P05055; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oe—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05056; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oa—10 to 13 centimeters (3.9 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face highly decomposed plant material; granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05057; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—13 to 14 centimeters (5.1 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face fine sandy loam; granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—14 to 18 centimeters (5.5 to 7.1 inches); 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face and 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face very fine sandy loam; granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05058; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05059; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) broken face fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent by volume 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) broken face stratified stratified loamy fine sand to fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable; 10 percent by volume 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2R—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small