Ksat VALUES
FOR
NEW HAMPSHIRE SOILS
(Including Hydrologic and DES Soil Lot Sizing Groups)
From: Guide for Estimating Ksat from Soil Properties (Exhibit 618-9).
(http://soils.usda.gov/technical/handbook/contents/part618ex.html)
Sponsored by the Society of Soil Scientists of Northern New England
SSSNNE Special Publication No. 5
September, 2009
K sat VALUES
FOR
NEW HAMPSHIRE SOILS
ABOUT THE SOCIETY OF SOIL SCIENTISTS OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND
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INTRODUCTION
The publication “K sat Values for New Hampshire Soils” is designed to assist soil scientists,
engineers, and other professionals by assembling tables of existing data for all soil series
currently on the state soil legend with regard to K sat values and hydrologic groupings (Hyd.Grp.).
The need for this information has become more important since the adoption by the New
Hampshire Department of Environmental Services of the revised Alteration of Terrain rules for
stormwater management. Additional information has been provided for each soil series with
regard to landform, temperature regime (Temp.), soil textures, NHDES Soil Lot Size Groupings
(Group), whether the soil is a Spodosol (Spodosol?) and other information which will be
valuable to a variety of soil information users.
The data for each soil series has been sorted 3 ways for ease of searching:
Table A-Sorted by Numerical Legend
Table B-Sorted by Soil Series Name
Table C-Sorted by NHDES Soil Group for Establishing Lot Size
The report represents cumulative efforts by private soil scientists and NHDES staff with
assistance from the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service.
Comments or inquires on the information in this publication may be directed to the Board of
Directors at the following address:
Society of Soil Scientists
of Northern New England
PO Box 76
Durham, NH 03824
SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY (K SAT )
Ksat refers to the ease with which pores in a saturated soil transmit water. The estimates
presented here are expressed in terms of inches per hour (NRCS official data presents K sat in
both micrometers per second and inches per hour). K sat values are based on soil characteristics
observed in the field, particularly structure, consistence, porosity, and texture. (USDA NRCS,
Web Soil Survey)
Saturated flow occurs when the soil water pressure is positive; that is, when the soil matric
potential is zero (satiated wet condition). In most soils this situation takes place when about 95
percent of the total pore space is filled with water. The remaining 5 percent is filled with
entrapped air. Saturated hydraulic conductivity cannot be used to describe water movement
under unsaturated conditions. (Soil Survey Manual, 1993)
It is commonly known that soil features (and thus data) for a certain soil series name may be
slightly different from one county soil survey to the next and the range in characteristics (via the
Typical Pedon) may be slightly different. For example – a Marlow soil (series) in Carroll
County may have a higher sand content in its B horizon as opposed to a Marlow soil (series) in
Coos County; resulting in a slightly different Ksat range for the B horizon.
The K sat data for this publication was obtained from the USDA-NRCS Soil Data Mart using the
Typical Pedon from the county that best reflected the soil and/or had the most acres of that soil.
This data is presented in B and C horizons only as it is assumed that the topsoil (A or A p
horizon) will be removed in typical construction practices.
References:
Web Soil Survey. Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States
Department of Agriculture. Web Soil Survey. Available online at
http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/.
Soil Data Mart. http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/.
Soil Survey Manual. Soil Survey Division Staff. 1993. Soil survey manual. Soil Conservation
Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 18.
HYDROLOGIC SOIL GROUPS
Hydrologic group is a group of soils having the same runoff potential under similar storm and
cover conditions.
Hydrologic groups are used in equations that estimate runoff from rainfall. These estimates are
needed for solving hydrologic problems that arise in planning stormwater management,
watershed protection, and flood-prevention projects and for planning or designing structures for
the use, control, and disposal of water.
Classifications assigned to soils were based on the use of rainfall-runoff data from small
watersheds and infiltrometer plots. From these data, relationships between soil properties and
hydrologic groups were established. Assignment of soils to hydrologic groups is based on the
relationship between soil properties and hydrologic groups. Wetness characteristics, permeability
after prolonged wetting, and depth to very slowly permeable layers are properties that assist in
estimating hydrologic groups. Minimum annual steady ponded infiltration rate for a bare ground
surface determines the hydrologic soil groups.
Soil properties that influence runoff potential are those that influence the minimum rate of
infiltration for a bare soil after prolonged wetting and when not frozen. These properties are
depth to a seasonally high water table, intake rate and permeability after prolonged wetting, and
depth to a very slowly permeable layer. (The influence of ground cover is treated independently,
not in hydrologic soil groups.).
The soils in the United States are placed into four groups, A, B, C, and D, and three dual classes,
A/D, B/D, and C/D. In the definitions of the classes, infiltration rate is the rate at which water
enters the soil at the surface and is controlled by the surface conditions. Transmission rate is the
rate at which water moves in the soil and is controlled by soil properties. Definitions of the
classes are as follows:
Group A- Saturated hydraulic conductivity is very high or in the upper half of high and internal
free water occurrence is very deep. Soils in this group have low runoff potential when thoroughly
wet. Water is transmitted freely through the soil. Group A soils typically have less than 10
percent clay and more than 90 percent sand or gravel and have gravel or sand textures. Some
soils having loamy sand, sandy loam, loam or silt loam textures may be placed in this group if
they are well aggregated, of low bulk density, or contain greater than 35 percent rock fragments.
The limits on the diagnostic physical characteristics of group A are as follows. The saturated
hydraulic conductivity of all soil layers exceeds 40.0 micrometers per second (5.67 inches per
hour). The depth to any water impermeable layer is greater than 50 centimeters [20 inches]. The
depth to the water table is greater than 60 centimeters [24 inches]. Soils that are deeper than 100
centimeters [40 inches] to a water impermeable layer are in group A if the saturated hydraulic
conductivity of all soil layers within 100 centimeters [40 inches] of the surface exceeds 10
micrometers per second (1.42 inches per hour).
Group B- Saturated hydraulic conductivity is in the lower half of high or in the upper half of
moderately high and free water occurrence is deep or very deep. Soils in this group have
moderately low runoff potential when thoroughly wet. Water transmission through the soil is
unimpeded. Group B soils typically have between 10 percent and 20 percent clay and 50 percent
to 90 percent sand and have loamy sand or sandy loam textures. Some soils having loam, silt
loam, silt, or sandy clay loam textures may be placed in this group if they are well aggregated, of
low bulk density, or contain greater than 35 percent rock fragments. The limits on the diagnostic
physical characteristics of group B are as follows. The saturated hydraulic conductivity in the
least transmissive layer between the surface and 50 centimeters [20 inches] ranges from 10.0
micrometers per second (1.42 inches per hour) to 40.0 micrometers per second (5.67 inches per
hour). The depth to any water impermeable layer is greater than 50 centimeters [20 inches]. The
depth to the water table is greater than 60 centimeters [24 inches]. Soils that are deeper than 100
centimeters [40 inches] to a water impermeable layer or water table are in group B if the
saturated hydraulic conductivity of all soil layers within 100 centimeters [40 inches] of the
surface exceeds 4.0 micrometers per second (0.57 inches per hour) but is less than 10.0
micrometers per second (1.42 inches per hour).
Group C- Saturated hydraulic conductivity is in the lower half of moderately high or in the
upper half of moderately low and internal free water occurrence is deeper than shallow. Soils in
this group have moderately high runoff potential when thoroughly wet. Water transmission
through the soil is somewhat restricted. Group C soils typically have between 20 percent and 40
percent clay and less than 50 percent sand and have loam, silt loam, sandy clay loam, clay loam,
and silty clay loam textures. Some soils having clay, silty clay, or sandy clay textures may be
placed in this group if they are well aggregated, of low bulk density, or contain greater than 35
percent rock fragments. The limits on the diagnostic physical characteristics of group C are as
follows. The saturated hydraulic conductivity in the least transmissive layer between the surface
and 50 centimeters [20 inches] is between 1.0 micrometers per second (0.14 inches per hour)
and 10.0 micrometers per second (1.42 inches per hour). The depth to any water impermeable
layer is greater than 50 centimeters [20 inches]. The depth to the water table is greater than 60
centimeters [24 inches]. Soils that are deeper than 100 centimeters [40 inches] to a restriction or
water table are in group C if the saturated hydraulic conductivity of all soil layers within 100
centimeters [40 inches] of the surface exceeds 0.40 micrometers per second (0.06 inches per
hour) but is less than 4.0 micrometers per second (0.57 inches per hour). .
Group D- Saturated hydraulic conductivity is below the upper half of moderately low, and/or
internal free water occurrence is shallow or very shallow and transitory through permanent. Soils
in this group have high runoff potential when thoroughly wet. Water movement through the soil
is restricted or very restricted. Group D soils typically have greater than 40 percent clay, less
than 50 percent sand, and have clayey textures. In some areas, they also have high shrink-swell
potential. All soils with a depth to a water impermeable layer less than 50 centimeters [20
inches] and all soils with a water table within 60 centimeters [24 inches] of the surface are in this
group, although some may have a dual classification, as described in the next section, if they can
be adequately drained. The limits on the physical diagnostic characteristics of group D are as
follows. For soils with a water impermeable layer at a depth between 50 centimeters and 100
centimeters [20 and 40 inches], the saturated hydraulic conductivity in the least transmissive soil
layer is less than or equal to 1.0 micrometers per second (0.14 inches per hour). For soils that are
deeper than 100 centimeters [40 inches] to a restriction or water table, the saturated hydraulic
conductivity of all soil layers within 100 centimeters [40 inches] of the surface is less than or
equal to 0.40 micrometers per second (0.06 inches per hour).
Dual hydrologic soil groups-Certain wet soils are placed in group D based solely on the
presence of a water table within 60 centimeters [24 inches] of the surface even though the
saturated hydraulic conductivity may be favorable for water transmission. If these soils can be
adequately drained, then they are assigned to dual hydrologic soil groups (A/D, B/D, and C/D)
based on their saturated hydraulic conductivity and the water table depth when drained. The first
letter applies to the drained condition and the second to the undrained condition. For the purpose
of hydrologic soil group, adequately drained means that the seasonal high water table is kept at
least 60 centimeters [24 inches] below the surface in a soil where it would be higher in a natural
state.
References:
National Engineering Handbook, Natural Resource Conservation Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
Soil Data Mart. http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/.
Soil Survey Manual. Soil Survey Division Staff. 1993. Soil survey manual. Natural Resources
Conservation Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 18.
TABLE A
NUMERICAL LEGEND
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Soil Series
Occum
Suncook
Lim
Pootatuck
Rippowam
Saco
Hadley
Winooski
Merrimac
Gloucester
Hinckley
Sheepscot
Searsport
Saugatuck
Colton, gravelly
Colton
Masardis
Agawam
Windsor
Groveton
Madawaska
Woodbridge
Unadilla
Hartland
Boxford
Scitico
Wareham
Champlain
Adams
Melrose
Eldridge
Millis
Canton
Montauk
Henniker
Madawaska, aquentic
Whitman
Hermon
Becket
Waumbeck
Charlton
Paxton
Sutton
Berkshire
Marlow
Peru
Thorndike
Hollis
Winnecook
Chatfield
Hogback
Lyman
Woodstock
Rawsonville
Tunbridge
legend
number
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
9
10
11
12
14
15
16
21
22
23
24
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
42
44
46
48
49
55
56
58
62
66
68
72
76
78
84
86
88
89
91
92
93
98
99
Ksat low - B
in/hr
0.6
6.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
2.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
0.06
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.1
0.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.0
2.0
0.6
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
2.0
2.0
2.0
0.6
0.6
Ksat high - B Ksat low - C Ksat high - C
in/hr
in/hr
in/hr
2.0
6.00
20.0
20.0
6.00
20.0
2.0
6.00
20.0
6.0
6.00
20.0
6.0
6.00
20.0
2.0
6.00
20.0
2.0
0.60
6.0
6.0
0.60
6.0
20.0
6.00
20.0
20.0
6.00
20.0
20.0
20.00
100.0
20.0
6.00
20.0
20.0
6.00
20.0
0.2
6.00
20.0
20.0
20.00
100.0
20.0
20.00
100.0
20.0
6.00
20.0
20.0
20.00
100.0
20.0
6.00
20.0
2.0
0.60
6.0
2.0
6.00
20.0
2.0
0.00
0.6
2.0
2.00
20.0
2.0
0.20
2.0
0.2
0.00
0.2
0.2
0.00
0.2
20.0
6.00
20.0
20.0
20.00
100.0
20.0
20.00
99.0
6.0
0.00
0.2
20.0
0.06
0.6
6.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
0.2
20.0
2.0
20.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.00
0.06
0.06
6.00
0.00
6.00
0.06
6.00
0.60
0.00
0.60
0.60
0.06
0.06
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.60
2.00
2.00
2.00
0.60
0.60
20.0
0.6
0.6
20.0
0.2
20.0
0.6
20.0
6.0
0.2
6.0
6.0
0.6
0.6
2.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
Hyd.
Grp.
B
A
C
B
C
D
B
B
A
A
A
B
D
C
A
A
A
B
A
B
B
C
B
B
C
C
C
A
A
C
C
C
B
C
C
B
D
A
C
B
B
C
B
B
C
C
C/D
C/D
C
B
C
A/D
C/D
C
C
Group
Land Form
Temp.
Soil Textures
2
1
5
3
5
6
2
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottomland)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Sandy Till
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, loamy till
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Silt and Clay Deposits
Silt and Clay Deposits
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Firm, platy, sandy till
Loose till, sandy textures
Firm, platy, sandy till
Firm, platy, sandy till
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, loamy till
Sandy Till
Firm, platy, sandy till
Loose till, sandy textures
Loose till, loamy textures
Firm, platy, loamy till
Loose till, loamy textures
Loose till, loamy textures
Firm, platy, loamy till
Firm, platy, loamy till
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Loose till, bedrock
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Loose till, bedrock
Loose till, bedrock
Loose till, bedrock
Loose till, bedrock
Loose till, bedrock
Loose till, bedrock
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
loamy
sandy
loamy
loamy
loamy
silty
silty
silty over loamy
gravelly sand
sandy-skeletal
sandy-skeletal
sandy-skeletal
sandy
sandy
sandy-skeletal
sandy-skeletal
sandy-skeletal
loamy over sandy
sandy
loamy
loamy over sandy
loamy
silty
silty
fine
fine
sandy
gravelly sand
sandy
loamy over clayey
sandy over loamy
loamy
loamy over sandy
loamy
loamy
loamy over sandy
loamy
sandy-skeletal
loamy
sandy-skeletal
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy-skeletal
loamy
loamy-skeletal
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
1
1
1
3
6
5
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
3
2
2
3
5
5
1
1
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
6
1
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Sorted by Numerical Legend
K sat B and C horizons
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Spodosol
?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
no
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
no
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
no
no
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
no
yes
yes
no
yes
yes
Other
loamy over loamy sand
occasionally flooded
single grain in C
strata
strata of fine sand
loamy cap
loamy cap
gravelly coarse sand
organic over sand
ortstein
gravelly surface
slate, loamy cap
loamy over sand/gravel
loamy over sandy
sandy or sandy-skeletal
sandy loam in Cd
silty over gravelly
very fine sandy loam
silty clay loam
silty clay loam in C
loamy sand in Cd
loamy over loamy sand
loamy sand in Cd
loamy sand in Cd
sandy or sandy-skeletal
mucky loam
loamy cap
gravelly sandy loam in Cd
very cobbly loamy sand
fine sandy loam
fine sandy loam
fine sandy loam in Cd
less than 20 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
20 to 40 in. deep
20 to 40 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
20 to 40 in. deep
20 to 40 in. deep
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Soil Series
Ondawa
Sunday
Winooski
Podunk
Rumney
Hadley
Limerick
Scarboro
Finch
Sudbury
Telos
Chesuncook
Allagash
Elliottsville
Hitchcock
Burnham
Dartmouth
Monson
Maybid
Shapleigh
Monadnock
Acton
Vassalboro
Success
Canterbury
Sunapee
Waskish
Ondawa
Sunday
Fryeburg
Charles
Warwick
Naumburg
Boscawen
Bemis
Bice
Lanesboro
Poocham
Buxton
Scantic
Biddeford
Buckland
Elmridge
Brayton
Lyme
Millsite
Macomber
Lombard
Sunapee var
Chatfield Var.
Greenwood
Catden
Lovewell
Quonset
Deerfield
legend
number
101
102
103
104
105
108
109
115
116
118
123
126
127
128
130
131
132
133
134
136
142
146
150
154
166
168
195
201
202
208
209
210
214
220
224
226
228
230
232
233
234
237
238
240
246
251
252
259
269
289
295
296
307
310
313
Ksat low - B
in/hr
0.6
6.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
6.0
Ksat high - B Ksat low - C Ksat high - C
in/hr
in/hr
in/hr
6.0
6.00
20.0
20.0
6.00
20.0
6.0
0.60
6.0
6.0
6.00
20.0
6.0
6.00
20.0
2.0
0.60
6.0
2.0
0.60
2.0
20.0
6.00
20.0
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.2
0.6
0.6
0.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
0.2
2.00
0.02
0.02
6.00
0.60
0.06
0.02
0.06
0.60
0.00
20.0
0.2
0.2
20.0
2.0
0.6
0.2
0.6
2.0
0.2
0.6
2.0
2.0
20.0
2.00
2.00
6.0
20.0
2.0
0.6
0.6
6.0
2.0
2.0
6.00
0.06
0.60
20.0
0.6
6.0
0.6
6.0
0.6
0.6
2.0
6.0
6.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.6
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
6.0
20.0
2.0
100.0
6.0
20.0
20.0
0.2
6.0
2.0
2.0
0.6
0.2
0.2
2.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
6.00
6.00
2.00
0.60
20.00
6.00
20.00
0.00
0.60
0.06
0.20
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.06
0.00
0.06
0.60
0.60
0.60
2.00
0.60
0.60
20.0
20.0
6.0
100.0
100.0
20.0
100.0
0.2
6.0
0.2
2.0
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.6
6.0
6.0
2.0
20.0
6.0
6.0
0.6
2.0
6.0
2.0
20.0
20.0
0.60
20.00
20.00
2.0
100.0
100.0
Hyd.
Grp.
B
A
B
B
C
B
C
D
C
B
C
C
B
B
B
D
B
D
D
C/D
B
B
D
A
C
B
D
B
A
B
C
A
C
A
C
B
C
B
C
D
D
C
C
C
C
C
C
C/D
B
B
A/D
A/D
B
A
B
Group
Land Form
Temp.
2
1
3
3
5
2
5
6
3
3
3
3
2
4
3
6
3
4
6
4
2
3
6
1
3
3
6
2
1
2
5
1
5
1
5
2
3
3
3
5
6
3
3
5
5
4
4
2
3
3
6
6
3
1
3
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottomland)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phylitte
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Silt and Clay Deposits
Sandy Till
Loose till, sandy textures
Loose till, sandy textures
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Sandy Till
Firm, platy, loamy till
Loose till, loamy textures
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottomland)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, loamy till
Loose till, loamy textures
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Silt and Clay Deposits
Silt and Clay Deposits
Silt and Clay Deposits
Firm, platy, loamy till
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Loose till, sandy textures
Loose till, bedrock
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Weathered bedrock, phyllite
Loose till, loamy textures
Loose till, bedrock
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
mesic
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
mesic
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
cryic
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
mesic
frigid
mesic
mesic
Sorted by Numerical Legend
K sat B and C horizons
SSSNNE Special pub no. 5
Soil Textures
Spodosol
?
loamy
no
sandy
no
silty
no
loamy
no
loamy
no
silty
no
silty
no
sandy
no
sandy
yes
sandy
no
loamy
yes
loamy
yes
loamy over sandy
yes
loamy
yes
silty
no
loamy
no
silty
no
loamy
yes
fine
no
sandy
yes
loamy over sandy, sandy-skeletal
yes
sandy-skeletal
no
peat
no
sandy-skeletal
yes
loamy
no
loamy
yes
peat
no
loamy
no
sandy
no
silty
no
silty
no
loamy-skeletal
no
sandy
yes
sandy-skeletal
no
loamy
no
loamy
no
loamy
no
silty
no
fine
no
fine
no
fine
no
loamy
no
loamy over clayey
no
loamy
no
loamy
no
loamy
no
loamy-skeletal
yes
loamy
no
loamy
yes
loamy
no
hemic
no
sapric
no
silty
no
sandy-skeletal
no
sandy
no
Other
loamy over loamy sand
occasionally flooded
very fine sandy loam
loamy to coarse sand in C
strata of fine sand, occ flooded
organic over sand, non stony
cemented (ortstein)
loam over gravelly sand
channery silt loam in Cd
channery silt loam in Cd
loamy over sandy
20 to 40 in. deep
silt loam to silt in C
organic over silt
thin strata silty clay loam
less than 20 in. deep
silt over clay
less than 20 in. deep
gravelly loamy sand in C
cobbly loamy sand
deep organic
cemented
loam in Cd
deep organic
occ flood, loamy over l. sand
frequently flooded
very fine sandy loam
loamy over slate gravel
loamy cap
sandy loam
channery silt loam in Cd
silt loam in C
silty clay
organic over clay
loam in Cd
20 to 40 in. deep
20 to 40 in. deep
very channery
frigid dystrudept
mwd to swpd
deep organic
deep organic
very fine sandy loam
shale
single grain in C
2
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Special Pub No. 5
September, 2009
Soil Series
Pipestone
Mashpee
Bernardston
Roundabout
Pittstown
Elmwood
Stissing
Cardigan
Kearsarge
Dutchess
Dixfield
Timakwa
Chocorua
Ipswich
Suncook
Metallak
Medomak
Haven
Duane
Moosilauke
Grange
Swanton
Shaker
Chichester
Newfields
Scituate
Metacomet
Pennichuck
Gilmanton
Ossipee
Natchaug
Pawcatuck
Abenaki
Cohas
Hoosic
Ninigret
Leicester
Au Gres
Machias
Stetson
Caesar
Scio
Belgrade
Raynham
Binghamville
Suffield
Squamscott
Raypol
Walpole
Peacham
Skerry
Plaisted
Howland
Monarda
Bangor
legend
number
314
315
330
333
334
338
340
357
359
366
378
393
395
397
402
404
406
410
413
414
433
438
439
442
444
448
458
460
478
495
496
497
501
505
510
513
514
516
520
523
526
531
532
533
534
536
538
540
546
549
558
563
566
569
572
Ksat low - B
in/hr
Ksat high - B Ksat low - C Ksat high - C
in/hr
in/hr
in/hr
6.0
0.6
0.2
0.6
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
20.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
6.00
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.00
0.06
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.06
6.00
6.00
20.0
0.2
0.6
0.2
0.2
0.2
2.0
2.0
2.0
0.6
100.0
20.0
6.0
6.0
0.6
0.6
6.0
6.0
0.6
2.0
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
20.0
100.0
2.0
2.0
20.0
20.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
0.6
0.6
2.0
0.6
0.6
2.0
2.0
20.0
6.0
6.0
6.00
6.00
0.60
20.00
6.00
6.00
0.60
0.00
0.00
2.00
0.60
0.06
0.06
0.60
0.06
0.20
0.20
20.00
6.00
0.60
20.00
6.00
0.60
20.0
100.0
2.0
100.0
20.0
20.0
2.0
0.2
0.2
6.0
2.0
0.2
0.6
2.0
0.6
2.0
2.0
100.0
99.0
100.0
100.0
20.0
20.0
2.0
0.6
20.0
0.6
0.6
0.2
0.2
0.6
6.0
0.6
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.2
0.6
6.0
6.0
100.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
20.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
6.00
6.00
20.00
0.60
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.00
0.06
6.00
6.00
0.00
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.02
0.60
20.0
20.0
100.0
2.0
2.0
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.6
100.0
20.0
0.2
0.6
0.6
0.2
0.2
2.0
Hyd.
Grp.
B
B
C
C
C
C
C
B
B
B
C
D
D
D
A
B
D
B
B
C
C
C
C
B
B
C
C
B
C
D
D
D
B
C
A
B
C
B
B
B
A
B
B
C
D
C
C
D
C
D
C
C
C
D
B
Group
Land Form
Temp.
Soil Textures
5
5
3
5
3
3
5
4
4
2
3
6
6
6
1
3
6
2
3
5
5
5
5
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Firm, platy, loamy till
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Tidal Flat
Flood Plain (Bottomland)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Loose till, sandy textures
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Loose till, sandy textures
Loose till, sandy textures
Firm, platy, sandy till
Firm, platy, sandy till
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Firm, platy, loamy till
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Tidal Flat
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Loose till, loamy textures
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phylitte
Firm, platy, sandy till
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
mesic
mesic
mesic
frigid
mesic
frigid
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
frigid
mesic
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
sandy
sandy
loamy
silty
loamy
loamy over clayey
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
sandy or sandy-skeletal
sandy or sandy-skeletal
hemic/sapric
sandy
loamy over sandy
silty
loamy over sandy
sandy-skeletal
sandy
co. loamy over sandy (skeletal)
co. loamy over clayey
co. loamy over clayey
loamy over sandy
loamy over sandy
loamy
loamy
loamy-skeletal
loamy
loamy
loamy
sandy or sandy-skeletal
loamy over sandy-skeletal
co. loamy over sandy (skeletal)
sandy-skeletal
loamy over sandy
loamy
sandy
sandy or sandy-skeletal
sandy-skeletal
coarse sand
silty
silty
silty
silty
silty over clayey
sandy over loamy
co. loamy over sandy (skeletal)
sandy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
3
3
3
4
3
6
6
6
2
5
1
3
5
5
3
2
1
3
3
5
5
3
5
5
5
6
3
3
3
5
2
Sorted by Numerical Legend
K sat B and C horizons
SSSNNE Special pub no. 5
Spodosol
?
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
Other
channery silt loam in Cd
silt loam in the C
channery silt loam in Cd
20 to 40 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
very channery
fine sandy loam in Cd
organic over sand
organic over sand
deep organic
frequent flooding
sandy or sandy-skeletal
organic over silt
loamy over sand/gravel
cemented (ortstein)
loamy over loamy sand
sandy or sandy-skeletal
loamy sand in Cd
loamy sand in Cd
20 to 40 in. deep
fine sandy loam in Cd
organic over loam
organic over loam
organic over sand
loamy over gravelly
slate, loamy cap
sandy or sandy-skeletal
single grain, loose
strata sand/gravel in C
loamy over gravelly
gravelly sand in 2C
strata of fine sand
deep to clay C
organic over loam
loamy sand in Cd
channery silt loam in Cd
silt loam, platy in Cd
silt loam
3
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Special Pub No. 5
September, 2009
Soil Series
Dixmont
Cabot
Westbrook
Mundal
Croghan
Kinsman
Salmon
Nicholville
Pemi
Pillsbury
Ridgebury
Canaan
Redstone
Sisk
Surplus
Glebe
Saddleback
Ricker
Houghtonville
Matunuck
Meadowsedge
Bucksport
Colonel
Pondicherry
Wonsqueak
Glover
legend
number
578
589
597
610
613
614
630
632
633
646
656
663
665
667
669
671
673
674
795
797
894
895
927
992
995
NA
Ksat low - B
in/hr
0.6
0.6
0.6
20.0
6.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
2.0
2.0
0.6
0.6
2.0
0.6
2.0
0.6
Ksat high - B Ksat low - C Ksat high - C
in/hr
in/hr
in/hr
2.0
0.60
2.0
2.0
0.06
0.2
0.00
2.0
2.0
0.06
0.6
100.0
20.00
100.0
20.0
6.00
20.0
2.0
0.60
2.0
2.0
0.60
2.0
2.0
0.06
0.6
2.0
0.06
0.2
6.0
0.00
0.2
20.0
2.00
20.0
6.0
6.00
20.0
2.0
0.00
0.6
2.0
0.00
0.6
6.0
2.00
6.0
2.0
0.60
2.0
6.0
2.00
6.0
6.0
0.60
6.0
20.00
100.0
0.6
2.0
0.6
2.0
0.06
6.00
0.20
0.60
0.6
20.0
2.0
2
Hyd.
Grp.
C
D
D
C
B
C
B
C
C
C
C
C
A
C
C
C
C/D
A
B
D
D
D
C
D
D
D
Group
Land Form
Temp.
Soil Textures
3
5
6
3
3
5
2
3
5
5
5
4
1
3
3
4
4
4
2
6
6
6
3
6
6
4
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Tidal Flat
Firm, platy, loamy till
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Firm, platy, loamy till
Firm, platy, loamy till
Weathered Bedrock Till
Weathered Bedrock Till
Firm, platy, loamy till
Firm, platy, loamy till
Loose till, bedrock
Loose till, bedrock
Organic over bedrock (up to 4" of mineral)
Loose till, loamy textures
Tidal Flat
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Firm, platy, loamy till
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
cryic
cryic
cryic
cryic
cryic
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
sandy
sandy
silty
silty
silty
silty
loamy
loamy-skeletal
fragmental
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
fibric to hemic
loamy
sandy
peat
sapric
loamy
sandy or sandy-skeletal
loamy
loamy
Spodosol
?
yes
no
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
no
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
Other
silt loam, platy in C
organic over loam
gravelly sandy loam in Cd
single grain in C
very fine sandy loam
very fine sandy loam
less than 20 in. deep
loamy cap
sandy loam in Cd
mwd, sandy loam in Cd
20 to 40 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
well drained, less than 20 in. deep
cobbly fine sandy loam
organic over sand
deep organic
deep organic
loam in Cd
organic over sand
organic over loam
less than 20 in. deep
no longer recognized
organic materials
Sorted by Numerical Legend
K sat B and C horizons
SSSNNE Special pub no. 5
4
TABLE B
SOIL SERIES
SSSNNE
Special Publication No. 5
September, 2009
Soil Series
Abenaki
Acton
Adams
Agawam
Allagash
Au Gres
Bangor
Becket
Belgrade
Bemis
Berkshire
Bernardston
Bice
Biddeford
Binghamville
Boscawen
Boxford
Brayton
Buckland
Bucksport
Burnham
Buxton
Cabot
Caesar
Canaan
Canterbury
Canton
Cardigan
Catden
Champlain
Charles
Charlton
Chatfield
Chatfield Var.
Chesuncook
Chichester
Chocorua
Cohas
Colonel
Colton
Colton, gravelly
Croghan
Dartmouth
Deerfield
Dixfield
Dixmont
Duane
Dutchess
Eldridge
Elliottsville
Elmridge
Elmwood
Finch
legend
Ksat low - B
Ksat high - B
Ksat low - C
Ksat high - C
Hyd.
number
in/hr
in/hr
in/hr
in/hr
Grp.
501
146
36
24
127
516
572
56
532
224
72
330
226
234
534
220
32
240
237
895
131
232
589
526
663
166
42
357
296
35
209
62
89
289
126
442
395
505
927
22
21
613
132
313
378
578
413
366
38
128
238
338
116
0.6
2.0
6.0
6.0
0.6
2.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
2.0
6.00
2.00
20.00
20.00
6.00
99.0
20.0
99.0
100.0
20.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.0
0.2
6.0
0.1
0.6
0.6
2.0
2.0
2.0
0.2
6.0
2.0
6.0
0.2
2.0
20.0
0.2
2.0
2.0
0.60
0.06
0.06
0.00
0.60
0.06
0.60
0.00
0.06
20.00
0.00
0.06
0.06
2.0
0.6
2.0
0.2
6.0
0.2
6.0
0.2
0.2
100.0
0.2
0.6
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.6
20.0
2.0
0.6
2.0
0.6
6.0
0.6
2.0
100.0
20.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
0.02
0.00
0.06
20.00
2.00
0.06
6.00
0.60
0.2
0.2
0.2
100.0
20.0
0.6
20.0
2.0
6.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
20.0
100.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
0.6
0.6
6.0
6.0
20.0
0.6
6.0
0.6
0.6
6.0
0.6
6.0
0.6
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
20.0
20.0
100.0
2.0
20.0
2.0
2.0
20.0
2.0
20.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
20.00
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.02
2.00
6.00
0.60
0.06
20.00
20.00
20.00
0.06
20.00
0.06
0.60
6.00
0.60
0.06
0.60
0.00
0.00
100.0
100.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
0.2
6.0
20.0
100.0
0.6
100.0
100.0
100.0
0.6
100.0
0.6
2.0
20.0
2.0
0.6
2.0
0.2
0.2
B
B
A
B
B
B
B
C
B
C
B
C
B
D
D
A
C
C
C
D
D
C
D
A
C
C
B
B
A/D
A
C
B
B
B
C
B
D
C
C
A
A
B
B
B
C
C
B
B
C
B
C
C
C
Group
Land Form
Temp.
Soil Textures
Spodosol
Other
?
2
3
1
2
2
5
2
3
3
5
2
3
2
6
5
1
3
5
3
6
6
3
5
1
4
3
2
4
6
1
5
2
4
3
3
6
5
3
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
3
3
3
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Loose till, sandy textures
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Firm, platy, sandy till
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Firm, platy, loamy till
Loose till, loamy textures
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Loose till, loamy textures
Silt and Clay Deposits
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Silt and Clay Deposits
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Firm, platy, loamy till
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phylitte
Silt and Clay Deposits
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Weathered Bedrock Till
Firm, platy, loamy till
Loose till, sandy textures
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Loose till, loamy textures
Loose till, bedrock
Loose till, bedrock
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Loose till, sandy textures
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Firm, platy, loamy till
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, loamy till
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Sorted by Soil Series
K sat B and C horizons
SSSNNE special pub no. 5
frigid
loamy over sandy-skeletal
mesic
sandy-skeletal
frigid
sandy
mesic
loamy over sandy
frigid
loamy over sandy
frigid
sandy
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy
mesic
silty
cryic
loamy
frigid
loamy
mesic
loamy
frigid
loamy
frigid
fine
mesic
silty
frigid
sandy-skeletal
mesic
fine
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy
frigid
sapric
frigid
loamy
frigid
fine
frigid
loamy
mesic
coarse sand
frigid
loamy-skeletal
frigid
loamy
mesic
loamy over sandy
mesic
loamy
mesic
sapric
frigid
gravelly sand
frigid
silty
mesic
loamy
mesic
loamy
mesic
loamy
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy over sandy
frigid
sandy or sandy-skeletal
frigid co. loamy over sandy (skeletal)
frigid
loamy
frigid
sandy-skeletal
frigid
sandy-skeletal
frigid
sandy
mesic
silty
mesic
sandy
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy
frigid
sandy-skeletal
mesic
loamy
mesic
sandy over loamy
frigid
loamy
mesic
loamy over clayey
frigid
loamy over clayey
frigid
sandy
no
no
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
no
yes
yes
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
loamy over gravelly
cobbly loamy sand
loamy over sand/gravel
loamy over sandy
single grain, loose
silt loam
gravelly sandy loam in Cd
strata of fine sand
fine sandy loam
channery silt loam in Cd
sandy loam
organic over clay
loamy cap
silty clay loam
loam in Cd
deep organic
organic over silt
silty clay
less than 20 in. deep
loam in Cd
loamy over loamy sand
20 to 40 in. deep
deep organic
fine sandy loam
20 to 40 in. deep
mwd to swpd
channery silt loam in Cd
loamy over loamy sand
organic over sand
loam in Cd
gravelly surface
single grain in C
thin strata silty clay loam
single grain in C
fine sandy loam in Cd
silt loam, platy in C
cemented (ortstein)
very channery
20 to 40 in. deep
cemented (ortstein)
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SSSNNE
Special Publication No. 5
September, 2009
Soil Series
legend
Ksat low - B
Ksat high - B
Ksat low - C
Ksat high - C
Hyd.
Fryeburg
Gilmanton
Glebe
Gloucester
Glover
Grange
Greenwood
Groveton
Hadley
Hadley
Hartland
Haven
Henniker
Hermon
Hinckley
Hitchcock
Hogback
Hollis
Hoosic
Houghtonville
Howland
Ipswich
Kearsarge
Kinsman
Lanesboro
Leicester
Lim
Limerick
Lombard
Lovewell
Lyman
Lyme
Machias
Macomber
Madawaska
Madawaska, aquen
Marlow
Masardis
Mashpee
Matunuck
Maybid
Meadowsedge
Medomak
Melrose
Merrimac
Metacomet
Metallak
Millis
Millsite
Monadnock
Monarda
Monson
Montauk
Moosilauke
number
208
478
671
11
NA
433
295
27
8
108
31
410
46
55
12
130
91
86
510
795
566
397
359
614
228
514
3
109
259
307
92
246
520
252
28
48
76
23
315
797
134
894
406
37
10
458
404
39
251
142
569
133
44
414
in/hr
0.6
0.6
2.0
6.0
0.6
0.6
in/hr
2.0
2.0
6.0
20.0
2.0
2.0
in/hr
2.00
0.06
2.00
6.00
0.60
0.60
in/hr
6.0
0.6
6.0
20.0
2
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
2.0
6.0
0.6
2.0
0.6
2.0
0.6
0.6
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
20.0
20.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
20.0
6.0
2.0
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.20
20.00
0.06
6.00
20.00
0.06
2.00
0.60
20.00
0.60
0.06
6.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
100.0
0.6
20.0
100.0
0.6
6.0
6.0
100.0
6.0
0.2
0.6
6.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
2.0
0.6
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
6.0
6.0
2.0
20.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
20.0
20.0
0.0
0.2
0.60
6.00
0.06
0.60
6.00
0.60
2.00
0.60
2.00
0.60
6.00
0.60
6.00
6.00
0.06
6.00
6.00
20.00
0.00
2.0
20.0
0.2
20.0
20.0
2.0
20.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
20.0
2.0
20.0
20.0
0.6
20.0
20.0
100.0
0.2
0.6
2.0
2.0
0.6
6.0
2.0
6.0
20.0
2.0
100.0
0.60
0.00
6.00
0.06
6.00
2.0
0.2
20.0
0.6
100.0
0.6
0.6
0.2
0.6
0.6
6.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
20.0
0.60
2.00
0.02
0.60
0.06
6.00
6.0
6.0
0.2
2.0
0.6
20.0
Grp.
B
C
C
A
D
C
A/D
B
B
B
B
B
C
A
A
B
C
C/D
A
B
C
D
B
C
C
C
C
C
C/D
B
A/D
C
B
C
B
B
C
A
B
D
D
D
D
C
A
C
B
C
C
B
D
D
C
C
Group
2
3
4
1
4
5
6
2
2
2
2
2
3
1
1
3
4
4
1
2
3
6
4
5
3
5
5
5
2
3
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
1
5
6
6
6
6
3
1
3
3
3
4
2
5
4
3
5
Land Form
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Firm, platy, loamy till
Loose till, bedrock
Sandy Till
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, sandy till
Sandy Till
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Loose till, bedrock
Loose till, bedrock
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Loose till, loamy textures
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Tidal Flat
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Loose till, loamy textures
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Weathered bedrock, phyllite
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Loose till, bedrock
Loose till, sandy textures
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, loamy till
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Tidal Flat
Silt and Clay Deposits
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, sandy till
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Firm, platy, sandy till
Loose till, bedrock
Loose till, sandy textures
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Firm, platy, sandy till
Loose till, sandy textures
Sorted by Soil Series
K sat B and C horizons
SSSNNE special pub no. 5
Temp.
Soil Textures
frigid
silty
frigid
loamy
cryic
loamy
mesic
sandy-skeletal
frigid
loamy
frigid co. loamy over sandy (skeletal)
frigid
hemic
frigid
loamy
mesic
silty
mesic
silty
mesic
silty
mesic
loamy over sandy
frigid
loamy
frigid
sandy-skeletal
mesic
sandy-skeletal
mesic
silty
frigid
loamy
mesic
loamy
mesic
sandy-skeletal
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy
mesic
hemic/sapric
mesic
loamy
frigid
sandy
frigid
loamy
mesic
loamy
mesic
loamy
mesic
silty
frigid
loamy
frigid
silty
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy
frigid
sandy or sandy-skeletal
frigid
loamy-skeletal
frigid
loamy over sandy
frigid
loamy over sandy
frigid
loamy
frigid
sandy-skeletal
mesic
sandy
mesic
sandy
mesic
fine
frigid
peat
frigid
silty
frigid
loamy over clayey
mesic
gravelly sand
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy over sandy
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy
frigid oamy over sandy, sandy-skeleta
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy
mesic
loamy
frigid
sandy
Spodosol
?
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
yes
no
yes
no
no
Other
very fine sandy loam
fine sandy loam in Cd
20 to 40 in. deep
loamy cap
less than 20 in. deep
deep organic
loamy over sandy
strata of fine sand
strata of fine sand, occ flooded
very fine sandy loam
loamy over sand/gravel
loamy sand in Cd
loamy cap
silt loam to silt in C
less than 20 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
slate, loamy cap
cobbly fine sandy loam
silt loam, platy in Cd
deep organic
less than 20 in. deep
channery silt loam in Cd
very channery
very fine sandy loam
less than 20 in. deep
strata sand/gravel in C
20 to 40 in. deep
sandy or sandy-skeletal
sandy or sandy-skeletal
fine sandy loam in Cd
slate, loamy cap
organic over sand
silt over clay
deep organic
organic over silt
silty clay loam in C
loamy cap
loamy sand in Cd
sandy or sandy-skeletal
loamy sand in Cd
20 to 40 in. deep
gravelly loamy sand in C
less than 20 in. deep
loamy sand in Cd
2
SSSNNE
Special Publication No. 5
September, 2009
Soil Series
legend
Ksat low - B
Ksat high - B
Ksat low - C
Ksat high - C
Hyd.
Mundal
Natchaug
Naumburg
Newfields
Nicholville
Ninigret
Occum
Ondawa
Ondawa
Ossipee
Pawcatuck
Paxton
Peacham
Pemi
Pennichuck
Peru
Pillsbury
Pipestone
Pittstown
Plaisted
Podunk
Pondicherry
Poocham
Pootatuck
Quonset
Rawsonville
Raynham
Raypol
Redstone
Ricker
Ridgebury
Rippowam
Roundabout
Rumney
Saco
Saddleback
Salmon
Saugatuck
Scantic
Scarboro
Scio
Scitico
Scituate
Searsport
Shaker
Shapleigh
Sheepscot
Sisk
Skerry
Squamscott
Stetson
Stissing
Success
Sudbury
number
610
496
214
444
632
513
1
101
201
495
497
66
549
633
460
78
646
314
334
563
104
992
230
4
310
98
533
540
665
674
656
5
333
105
6
673
630
16
233
115
531
33
448
15
439
136
14
667
558
538
523
340
154
118
in/hr
0.6
in/hr
2.0
6.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
20.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
in/hr
0.06
0.20
6.00
0.60
0.60
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
0.20
20.00
0.00
0.00
0.06
0.60
0.06
0.06
in/hr
0.6
2.0
20.0
2.0
2.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
2.0
100.0
0.2
0.2
0.6
2.0
0.6
0.2
0.2
0.6
20.0
20.0
2.0
20.0
100.0
6.0
0.2
100.0
20.0
6.0
0.2
20.0
0.6
20.0
20.0
2.0
2.0
20.0
0.2
20.0
2.0
0.2
0.2
20.0
0.2
20.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
20.0
0.2
20.0
20.0
Grp.
C
D
C
B
C
B
B
B
B
D
D
C
D
C
B
C
C
B
C
C
B
D
B
B
A
C
C
D
A
A
C
C
C
C
D
C/D
B
C
D
D
B
C
C
D
C
C/D
B
C
C
C
B
C
A
B
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
2.0
2.0
6.0
0.6
0.6
2.0
0.6
0.2
0.6
2.0
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.2
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.06
0.0
6.0
0.6
0.0
0.6
6.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
20.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
0.2
0.2
20.0
2.0
0.2
2.0
20.0
6.0
0.06
0.06
6.00
6.00
0.20
6.00
20.00
0.60
0.06
6.00
6.00
2.00
0.00
6.00
0.06
6.00
6.00
0.60
0.60
6.00
0.00
6.00
0.60
0.00
0.06
6.00
0.00
6.0
0.6
0.6
6.0
0.6
0.6
2.0
2.0
20.0
2.0
2.0
20.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
6.00
0.00
0.06
0.06
6.00
0.06
6.00
2.00
Group
3
6
5
3
3
3
2
2
2
6
6
3
6
5
4
3
5
5
3
3
3
6
3
3
1
4
5
5
1
4
5
5
5
5
6
4
2
5
5
6
3
5
3
6
5
4
3
3
3
5
2
5
1
3
Land Form
Firm, platy, loamy till
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Loose till, sandy textures
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Tidal Flat
Firm, platy, loamy till
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phylitte
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Firm, platy, loamy till
Firm, platy, loamy till
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Loose till, bedrock
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Weathered Bedrock Till
rganic over bedrock (up to 4" of minera
Firm, platy, loamy till
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Loose till, bedrock
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Silt and Clay Deposits
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Silt and Clay Deposits
Firm, platy, sandy till
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Sandy Till
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, loamy till
Firm, platy, sandy till
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Sandy Till
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Sorted by Soil Series
K sat B and C horizons
SSSNNE special pub no. 5
Temp.
Soil Textures
frigid
loamy
mesic
loamy
frigid
sandy
mesic
loamy over sandy
frigid
silty
mesic
loamy over sandy
mesic
loamy
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy
mesic
sandy or sandy-skeletal
mesic
loamy
frigid
loamy
frigid
silty
mesic
loamy-skeletal
frigid
loamy
frigid
silty
mesic
sandy
mesic
loamy
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy
frigid
sandy or sandy-skeletal
mesic
silty
mesic
loamy
mesic
sandy-skeletal
frigid
loamy
mesic
silty
mesic co. loamy over sandy (skeletal)
frigid
fragmental
cryic
fibric to hemic
mesic
loamy
mesic
loamy
frigid
silty
frigid
loamy
mesic
silty
cryic
loamy
frigid
silty
mesic
sandy
frigid
fine
mesic
sandy
mesic
silty
mesic
fine
mesic
loamy
frigid
sandy
mesic
co. loamy over clayey
mesic
sandy
frigid
sandy-skeletal
cryic
loamy
frigid
loamy
mesic
sandy over loamy
frigid
sandy-skeletal
mesic
loamy
frigid
sandy-skeletal
mesic
sandy
Spodosol
?
yes
no
yes
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
yes
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
no
Other
gravelly sandy loam in Cd
organic over loam
sandy or sandy-skeletal
very fine sandy loam
sandy or sandy-skeletal
loamy over loamy sand
loamy over loamy sand
occ flood, loamy over l. sand
organic over loam
organic over sand
organic over loam
20 to 40 in. deep
channery silt loam in Cd
channery silt loam in Cd
loamy to coarse sand in C
organic over sand
silt loam in C
single grain in C
shale
20 to 40 in. deep
loamy cap
well drained, less than 20 in. deep
silt loam in the C
strata
less than 20 in. deep
very fine sandy loam
ortstein
organic over sand, non stony
gravelly sand in 2C
loamy sand in Cd
organic over sand
less than 20 in. deep
gravelly coarse sand
sandy loam in Cd
loamy sand in Cd
loamy over gravelly
cemented
loam over gravelly sand
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SSSNNE
Special Publication No. 5
September, 2009
Soil Series
legend
Ksat low - B
Ksat high - B
Ksat low - C
Ksat high - C
Hyd.
Suffield
Sunapee
Sunapee var
Suncook
Suncook
Sunday
Sunday
Surplus
Sutton
Swanton
Telos
Thorndike
Timakwa
Tunbridge
Unadilla
Vassalboro
Walpole
Wareham
Warwick
Waskish
Waumbeck
Westbrook
Whitman
Windsor
Winnecook
Winooski
Winooski
Wonsqueak
Woodbridge
Woodstock
number
536
168
269
2
402
102
202
669
68
438
123
84
393
99
30
150
546
34
210
195
58
597
49
26
88
9
103
995
29
93
in/hr
0.6
0.6
0.6
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
0.6
0.6
2.0
0.6
0.6
in/hr
2.0
2.0
2.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
0.6
0.6
6.0
2.0
in/hr
0.00
0.60
0.60
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
0.00
0.60
0.00
0.02
0.60
6.00
0.60
2.00
in/hr
0.2
6.0
6.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
0.6
6.0
0.2
0.2
2.0
100.0
6.0
20.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
20.0
6.0
6.00
6.00
20.00
20.0
20.0
100.0
2.0
20.0
0.0
6.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.2
20.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
0.6
2.0
2.0
6.0
6.00
0.00
0.00
6.00
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.20
0.00
2.00
20.0
2.0
0.2
20.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
0.6
6.0
Grp.
C
B
B
A
A
A
A
C
B
C
C
C/D
D
C
B
D
C
C
A
D
B
D
D
A
C
B
B
D
C
C/D
Group
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
3
3
5
3
4
6
4
2
6
5
5
1
6
3
6
6
1
4
3
6
3
4
Land Form
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Loose till, loamy textures
Loose till, loamy textures
Flood Plain (Bottomland)
Flood Plain (Bottomland)
Flood Plain (Bottomland)
Flood Plain (Bottomland)
Firm, platy, loamy till
Loose till, loamy textures
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Loose till, bedrock
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Loose till, sandy textures
Tidal Flat
Firm, platy, loamy till
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Firm, platy, loamy till
Loose till, bedrock
Temp.
mesic
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
cryic
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
mesic
frigid
mesic
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
mesic
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
mesic
frigid
Soil Textures
Spodosol
silty over clayey
loamy
loamy
sandy
sandy
sandy
sandy
loamy
loamy
co. loamy over clayey
loamy
loamy-skeletal
sandy or sandy-skeletal
loamy
silty
peat
sandy
sandy
loamy-skeletal
peat
sandy-skeletal
loamy
loamy
sandy
loamy-skeletal
silty over loamy
silty
loamy
loamy
loamy
?
no
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
yes
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
Other
deep to clay C
frigid dystrudept
occasionally flooded
frequent flooding
occasionally flooded
frequently flooded
mwd, sandy loam in Cd
channery silt loam in Cd
less than 20 in. deep
organic over sand
20 to 40 in. deep
silty over gravelly
deep organic
loamy over slate gravel
deep organic
very cobbly loamy sand
organic over loam
mucky loam
20 to 40 in. deep
very fine sandy loam
organic over loam
sandy loam in Cd
less than 20 in. deep
no longer recognized
organic materials
Sorted by Soil Series
K sat B and C horizons
SSSNNE special pub no. 5
4
TABLE C
NHDES SOIL GROUPINGS
SSSNNE
Special Publilcation No. 5
September, 2009
Soil Series
number
NHDES
Ksat low - B
Ksat high - B
Ksat low - C
Ksat high - C
Hyd.
Soil Group
in/hr
in/hr
in/hr
in/hr
Grp.
Land Form
Temp.
Soil Textures
Spodosol
Other
?
Adams
Boscawen
Caesar
Champlain
Colton
Colton, gravelly
Gloucester
Hermon
Hinckley
Hoosic
Masardis
Merrimac
Quonset
Redstone
Success
Suncook
Suncook
Sunday
Sunday
Warwick
Windsor
36
220
526
35
22
21
11
55
12
510
23
10
310
665
154
2
402
102
202
210
26
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
6.0
6.0
20.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
20.0
20.0
100.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
6.0
6.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
6.0
20.0
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
6.00
6.00
20.00
20.00
6.00
6.00
20.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
20.00
6.00
99.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
20.0
20.0
100.0
100.0
20.0
20.0
100.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
100.0
20.0
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Sandy Till
Sandy Till
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Weathered Bedrock Till
Sandy Till
Flood Plain (Bottomland)
Flood Plain (Bottomland)
Flood Plain (Bottomland)
Flood Plain (Bottomland)
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
Abenaki
Agawam
Allagash
Bangor
Berkshire
Bice
Canton
Charlton
Dutchess
Fryeburg
Groveton
Hadley
Hadley
Hartland
Haven
Houghtonville
Lombard
Monadnock
Occum
Ondawa
Ondawa
Salmon
Stetson
Unadilla
Chichester
501
24
127
572
72
226
42
62
366
208
27
8
108
31
410
795
259
142
1
101
201
630
523
30
442
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0.6
6.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
2.0
20.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
6.00
20.00
6.00
0.60
0.60
0.60
6.00
0.60
0.60
2.00
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.20
20.00
0.60
2.00
2.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
0.60
6.00
2.00
2.00
99.0
100.0
20.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
20.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
100.0
6.0
20.0
6.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
2.0
20.0
20.0
6.0
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
C/D
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Loose till, loamy textures
Loose till, loamy textures
Loose till, sandy textures
Loose till, loamy textures
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Loose till, loamy textures
Weathered bedrock, phyllite
Loose till, sandy textures
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Loose till, sandy textures
frigid
loamy over sandy-skeletal
mesic
loamy over sandy
frigid
loamy over sandy
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy
mesic
loamy over sandy
mesic
loamy
mesic
loamy
frigid
silty
frigid
loamy
mesic
silty
mesic
silty
mesic
silty
mesic
loamy over sandy
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy
frigid oamy over sandy, sandy-skeleta
mesic
loamy
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy
frigid
silty
frigid
sandy-skeletal
mesic
silty
frigid
loamy over sandy
no
no
yes
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
yes
no
yes
no
no
no
yes
yes
no
no
strata of fine sand, occ flooded
Acton
Becket
Belgrade
Bernardston
Boxford
146
56
532
330
32
3
3
3
3
3
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.1
20.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
0.2
2.00
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.00
20.0
0.6
2.0
0.2
0.2
B
C
B
C
C
Loose till, sandy textures
Firm, platy, sandy till
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Silt and Clay Deposits
mesic
frigid
mesic
mesic
mesic
no
yes
no
no
no
cobbly loamy sand
gravelly sandy loam in Cd
strata of fine sand
channery silt loam in Cd
silty clay loam
Sorted by DES Soil Group for Establishing Lot Size
K sat B and C horizons
SSSNNE pub no. 5
sandy
sandy-skeletal
coarse sand
gravelly sand
sandy-skeletal
sandy-skeletal
sandy-skeletal
sandy-skeletal
sandy-skeletal
sandy-skeletal
sandy-skeletal
gravelly sand
sandy-skeletal
fragmental
sandy-skeletal
sandy
sandy
sandy
sandy
loamy-skeletal
sandy
sandy-skeletal
loamy
silty
loamy
fine
yes
no
no
no
yes
yes
no
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
loamy cap
gravelly surface
loamy cap
loamy cap
slate, loamy cap
slate, loamy cap
loamy cap
shale
loamy cap
cemented
occasionally flooded
frequent flooding
occasionally flooded
frequently flooded
loamy over slate gravel
loamy over gravelly
loamy over sand/gravel
loamy over sandy
silt loam
fine sandy loam
sandy loam
loamy over loamy sand
fine sandy loam
very channery
very fine sandy loam
loamy over sandy
strata of fine sand
very fine sandy loam
loamy over sand/gravel
cobbly fine sandy loam
very channery
gravelly loamy sand in C
loamy over loamy sand
loamy over loamy sand
occ flood, loamy over l. sand
very fine sandy loam
loamy over gravelly
silty over gravelly
loamy over loamy sand
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September, 2009
Soil Series
Buckland
Buxton
Canterbury
Chatfield Var.
Chesuncook
Colonel
Croghan
Dartmouth
Deerfield
Dixfield
Dixmont
Duane
Eldridge
Elmridge
Elmwood
Finch
Gilmanton
Henniker
Hitchcock
Howland
Lanesboro
Lovewell
Machias
Madawaska
Madawaska, aquen
Marlow
Melrose
Metacomet
Metallak
Millis
Montauk
Mundal
Newfields
Nicholville
Ninigret
Paxton
Peru
Pittstown
Plaisted
Podunk
Poocham
Pootatuck
Scio
Scituate
Sheepscot
Sisk
Skerry
Sudbury
Suffield
Sunapee
Sunapee var
Surplus
Sutton
Telos
number
237
232
166
289
126
927
613
132
313
378
578
413
38
238
338
116
478
46
130
566
228
307
520
28
48
76
37
458
404
39
44
610
444
632
513
66
78
334
563
104
230
4
531
448
14
667
558
118
536
168
269
669
68
123
NHDES
Ksat low - B
Ksat high - B
Ksat low - C
Ksat high - C
Hyd.
Soil Group
in/hr
0.6
0.1
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
20.0
0.6
6.0
0.6
0.6
6.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
in/hr
2.0
0.6
2.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
100.0
2.0
20.0
2.0
2.0
20.0
20.0
6.0
6.0
in/hr
0.06
0.00
0.06
0.60
0.02
0.06
20.00
0.06
20.00
0.06
0.60
6.00
0.06
0.00
0.00
in/hr
0.2
0.2
0.6
6.0
0.2
0.6
100.0
0.6
100.0
0.6
2.0
20.0
0.6
0.2
0.2
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
2.0
0.6
6.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
100.0
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.60
6.00
6.00
6.00
0.06
0.00
0.06
6.00
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.2
0.2
2.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
0.6
0.2
0.6
100.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
6.0
0.6
0.6
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
6.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
20.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
0.06
0.06
0.60
0.60
6.00
0.00
0.06
0.06
0.06
6.00
0.20
6.00
0.60
0.06
6.00
0.00
0.06
2.00
0.00
0.60
0.60
0.00
0.60
0.02
0.6
0.6
2.0
2.0
20.0
0.2
0.6
0.2
0.6
20.0
2.0
20.0
2.0
0.2
20.0
0.6
0.6
20.0
0.2
6.0
6.0
0.6
6.0
0.2
Grp.
C
C
C
B
C
C
B
B
B
C
C
B
C
C
C
C
C
C
B
C
C
B
B
B
B
C
C
C
B
C
C
C
B
C
B
C
C
C
C
B
B
B
B
C
B
C
C
B
C
B
B
C
B
C
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Land Form
Firm, platy, loamy till
Silt and Clay Deposits
Firm, platy, loamy till
Loose till, bedrock
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Firm, platy, loamy till
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, loamy till
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, loamy till
Firm, platy, sandy till
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, loamy till
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Firm, platy, sandy till
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Firm, platy, sandy till
Firm, platy, sandy till
Firm, platy, loamy till
Loose till, sandy textures
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, loamy till
Firm, platy, loamy till
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Firm, platy, sandy till
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, loamy till
Firm, platy, sandy till
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Loose till, loamy textures
Loose till, loamy textures
Firm, platy, loamy till
Loose till, loamy textures
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Sorted by DES Soil Group for Establishing Lot Size
K sat B and C horizons
SSSNNE pub no. 5
Temp.
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
mesic
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
frigid
cryic
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
cryic
mesic
frigid
Soil Textures
Spodosol
loamy
fine
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
sandy
silty
sandy
loamy
loamy
sandy-skeletal
sandy over loamy
loamy over clayey
loamy over clayey
sandy
loamy
loamy
silty
loamy
loamy
silty
sandy or sandy-skeletal
loamy over sandy
loamy over sandy
loamy
loamy over clayey
loamy
loamy over sandy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy over sandy
silty
loamy over sandy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
silty
loamy
silty
loamy
sandy-skeletal
loamy
loamy
sandy
silty over clayey
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
?
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
yes
no
no
yes
yes
yes
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
no
no
yes
no
yes
no
yes
no
no
yes
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
yes
no
no
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
Other
loam in Cd
silty clay
loam in Cd
mwd to swpd
channery silt loam in Cd
loam in Cd
single grain in C
thin strata silty clay loam
single grain in C
fine sandy loam in Cd
silt loam, platy in C
cemented (ortstein)
cemented (ortstein)
fine sandy loam in Cd
loamy sand in Cd
silt loam to silt in C
silt loam, platy in Cd
channery silt loam in Cd
very fine sandy loam
strata sand/gravel in C
sandy or sandy-skeletal
sandy or sandy-skeletal
fine sandy loam in Cd
silty clay loam in C
loamy sand in Cd
sandy or sandy-skeletal
loamy sand in Cd
loamy sand in Cd
gravelly sandy loam in Cd
sandy or sandy-skeletal
very fine sandy loam
sandy or sandy-skeletal
channery silt loam in Cd
channery silt loam in Cd
loamy to coarse sand in C
silt loam in C
single grain in C
gravelly sand in 2C
loamy sand in Cd
gravelly coarse sand
sandy loam in Cd
loamy sand in Cd
loam over gravelly sand
deep to clay C
frigid dystrudept
mwd, sandy loam in Cd
channery silt loam in Cd
2
SSSNNE
Special Publilcation No. 5
September, 2009
Soil Series
number
NHDES
Ksat low - B
Ksat high - B
Ksat low - C
Ksat high - C
Hyd.
Soil Group
in/hr
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
in/hr
20.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
in/hr
6.00
0.60
0.00
0.60
in/hr
20.0
6.0
0.6
6.0
Grp.
B
B
C
B
Loose till, sandy textures
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Firm, platy, loamy till
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
2.0
0.6
2.0
0.6
0.6
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
2.0
0.6
20.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
2.00
0.60
0.60
0.60
2.00
0.60
2.00
0.60
0.60
2.00
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.60
2.00
0.60
20.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
2
6.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
2.0
2.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
0.60
0.60
0.60
2.00
2.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
C
B
B
B
C
D
C
C/D
B
A/D
C
C
D
B
C
A
C/D
C/D
C/D
C
C
C/D
Weathered Bedrock Till
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Loose till, bedrock
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Loose till, bedrock
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Loose till, bedrock
Loose till, bedrock
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Loose till, bedrock
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Loose till, bedrock
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Loose till, bedrock
rganic over bedrock (up to 4" of minera
Loose till, bedrock
Sandy Till
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Loose till, bedrock
Friable till, silty, schist & phyllite
Loose till, bedrock
0.6
0.2
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
6.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
6.0
0.2
6.0
6.0
0.6
0.6
0.2
2.0
2.0
2.0
100.0
2.0
2.0
20.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
20.0
2.0
20.0
20.0
2.0
2.0
0.00
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.60
0.60
0.60
6.00
0.60
6.00
0.60
0.60
6.00
0.02
6.00
6.00
0.06
0.06
0.2
0.2
0.6
0.2
100.0
100.0
2.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
2.0
6.0
20.0
0.2
20.0
20.0
0.6
0.2
0.2
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.2
0.6
2.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
2.0
6.0
0.06
6.00
0.00
6.00
0.06
6.00
0.2
100.0
0.2
20.0
0.6
20.0
B
C
D
C
D
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
B
D
C
C
C
C
B
C
D
C
C
C
C
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, loamy till
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Loose till, loamy textures
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Loose till, sandy textures
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Loose till, sandy textures
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Firm, platy, loamy till
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Firm, platy, loamy till
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Terraces and glacial lake plains
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Waumbeck
Winooski
Woodbridge
Winooski
58
103
29
9
3
3
3
3
Canaan
Cardigan
Chatfield
Elliottsville
Glebe
Glover
Hogback
Hollis
Kearsarge
Lyman
Macomber
Millsite
Monson
Pennichuck
Rawsonville
Ricker
Saddleback
Shapleigh
Thorndike
Tunbridge
Winnecook
Woodstock
663
357
89
128
671
NA
91
86
359
92
252
251
133
460
98
674
673
136
84
99
88
93
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Au Gres
Bemis
Binghamville
Brayton
Cabot
Charles
Cohas
Grange
Kinsman
Leicester
Lim
Limerick
Lyme
Mashpee
Monarda
Moosilauke
Naumburg
Pemi
Pillsbury
Pipestone
Raynham
Raypol
Ridgebury
Rippowam
Roundabout
Rumney
516
224
534
240
589
209
505
433
614
514
3
109
246
315
569
414
214
633
646
314
533
540
656
5
333
105
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Land Form
Sorted by DES Soil Group for Establishing Lot Size
K sat B and C horizons
SSSNNE pub no. 5
Temp.
Soil Textures
Spodosol
Other
frigid
mesic
mesic
mesic
sandy-skeletal
silty
loamy
silty over loamy
?
yes
no
no
no
very cobbly loamy sand
very fine sandy loam
sandy loam in Cd
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
cryic
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
cryic
cryic
mesic
frigid
frigid
frigid
frigid
loamy-skeletal
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy
loamy-skeletal
loamy
loamy
loamy-skeletal
loamy
fibric to hemic
loamy
sandy
loamy-skeletal
loamy
loamy-skeletal
loamy
yes
no
no
yes
yes
no
yes
no
no
yes
yes
no
yes
no
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
frigid
sandy
cryic
loamy
mesic
silty
frigid
loamy
frigid
loamy
frigid
silty
frigid co. loamy over sandy (skeletal)
frigid co. loamy over sandy (skeletal)
frigid
sandy
mesic
loamy
mesic
loamy
mesic
silty
frigid
loamy
mesic
sandy
frigid
loamy
frigid
sandy
frigid
sandy
frigid
silty
frigid
silty
mesic
sandy
mesic
silty
mesic co. loamy over sandy (skeletal)
mesic
loamy
mesic
loamy
frigid
silty
frigid
loamy
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
less than 20 in. deep
20 to 40 in. deep
20 to 40 in. deep
20 to 40 in. deep
20 to 40 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
20 to 40 in. deep
20 to 40 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
20 to 40 in. deep
20 to 40 in. deep
well drained, less than 20 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
20 to 40 in. deep
20 to 40 in. deep
less than 20 in. deep
single grain, loose
silt loam in the C
3
SSSNNE
Special Publilcation No. 5
September, 2009
Soil Series
number
NHDES
Ksat low - B
Ksat high - B
Ksat low - C
Ksat high - C
Hyd.
Soil Group
in/hr
0.06
0.0
0.0
2.0
6.0
0.6
2.0
2.0
6.0
in/hr
0.2
0.2
0.2
6.0
20.0
2.0
6.0
6.0
20.0
in/hr
6.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.06
0.06
0.00
6.00
6.00
in/hr
20.0
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.6
0.2
0.2
20.0
20.0
Grp.
C
D
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Silt and Clay Deposits
Silt and Clay Deposits
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phyllite
Sandy/loamy over silt/clay
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
0.0
0.2
0.00
0.2
0.2
6.0
0.02
0.2
6.00
20.0
20.00
0.00
100.0
0.2
0.60
0.20
0.20
20.00
0.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
2.0
2.0
2.0
100.0
0.2
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
100.0
0.00
0.00
0.20
2.0
0.2
2.0
D
D
D
A/D
D
A/D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
Silt and Clay Deposits
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phylitte
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Tidal Flat
Tidal Flat
Silt and Clay Deposits
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Tidal Flat
Firm, platy, silty till, schist & phylitte
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Flood Plain (Bottom Land)
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Outwash and Stream Terraces
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Tidal Flat
Firm, platy, loamy till
Organic Materials - Freshwater
Saugatuck
Scantic
Scitico
Shaker
Squamscott
Stissing
Swanton
Walpole
Wareham
16
233
33
439
538
340
438
546
34
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Biddeford
Bucksport
Burnham
Catden
Chocorua
Greenwood
Ipswich
Matunuck
Maybid
Meadowsedge
Medomak
Natchaug
Ossipee
Pawcatuck
Peacham
Pondicherry
Saco
Scarboro
Searsport
Timakwa
Vassalboro
Waskish
Westbrook
Whitman
Wonsqueak
234
895
131
296
395
295
397
797
134
894
406
496
495
497
549
992
6
115
15
393
150
195
597
49
995
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
no longer recognized
0.0
0.2
0.6
2.0
0.6
2.0
0.6
6.0
6.0
2.0
20.0
20.0
0.0
0.2
Land Form
organic materials
Sorted by DES Soil Group for Establishing Lot Size
K sat B and C horizons
SSSNNE pub no. 5
Temp.
Soil Textures
Spodosol
mesic
frigid
mesic
mesic
mesic
mesic
frigid
mesic
mesic
sandy
fine
fine
co. loamy over clayey
sandy over loamy
loamy
co. loamy over clayey
sandy
sandy
?
yes
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
frigid
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
mesic
frigid
frigid
mesic
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
mesic
frigid
frigid
mesic
mesic
frigid
fine
sapric
loamy
sapric
sandy or sandy-skeletal
hemic
hemic/sapric
sandy
fine
peat
silty
loamy
loamy
sandy or sandy-skeletal
loamy
sandy or sandy-skeletal
silty
sandy
sandy
sandy or sandy-skeletal
peat
peat
loamy
loamy
loamy
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
Other
ortstein
organic over clay
deep organic
organic over silt
deep organic
organic over sand
deep organic
deep organic
organic over sand
silt over clay
deep organic
organic over silt
organic over loam
organic over loam
organic over sand
organic over loam
organic over sand
strata
organic over sand, non stony
organic over sand
organic over sand
deep organic
deep organic
organic over loam
mucky loam
organic over loam
denotes break betweenSoil Group
4
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