Forest Soils of Coös County, New Hampshire
Based on the Coös County Soil Survey by USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Published to the Web by Sam Stoddard, UNH Cooperative Extension, March 21, 1999.


Soil Map Unit Name

15A SEARSPORT

Texture: MUCK

Slope Percent: 0 TO 3

Important Forest Soil Group: NC Ordination Code: 6W

Parent Material: Glaciofluvial (outwash)

Drainage: Very Poorly Drained HYDRIC

Depth to Hardpan:

Limitation: Excess water causes limitations for woodland use.

Typical timber productivity on this soil type is 1.1
cords or 85.8
cubic feet per acre per year.

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MANAGEMENT CONCERNS

Erosion Hazard Slight

Equipment Limitations Severe

Seedling Mortality Severe

Windthrow Hazard Severe

Plant Competition Severe

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PRODUCTIVITY

SiteIndex ProdClass Species

53 7 balsam fir

64 3 red maple

tamarack

black spruce

55 6 white pine

European larch

45 5 northern white cedar

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TREES TO PLANT

European larch

northern white cedar

Contacts: (for forestry) UNH Cooperative Extension, 629A Main St, Lancaster, NH 03584

phone: (603)788-4961

(for soils) USDA-NRCS, 4 Mayberry Lane, Lancaster, NH 03584

phone: (603)788-3818

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