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

27C GROVETON

Texture: VERY FINE SANDY LOAM

Slope Percent: 8 TO 15

Important Forest Soil Group: IA Ordination Code: 10A

Parent Material: Glaciofluvial (outwash)

Drainage: Well Drained

Depth to Hardpan:

Limitation: Only slight limitations for woodland use.

Typical timber productivity on this soil type is 1.8
cords or 143.0
cubic feet per acre per year.

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MANAGEMENT CONCERNS

Erosion Hazard Slight

Equipment Limitations Slight

Seedling Mortality Slight

Windthrow Hazard Slight

Plant Competition Slight

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PRODUCTIVITY

SiteIndex ProdClass Species

55 8 balsam fir

65 3 northern red oak

75 10 white pine

70 6 paper birch

70 eastern hemlock

50 8 red spruce

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TREES TO PLANT

northern red oak

white pine

paper birch

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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