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

28B MADAWASKA

Texture: VERY FINE SANDY LOAM

Slope Percent: 3 TO 8

Important Forest Soil Group: IA Ordination Code: 8A

Parent Material: Glaciofluvial (outwash)

Drainage: Moderately Well Drained

Depth to Hardpan:

Limitation: Only slight limitations for woodland use.

Typical timber productivity on this soil type is 1.4
cords or 114.4
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 Moderate

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PRODUCTIVITY

SiteIndex ProdClass Species

63 3 sugar maple

68 8 white pine

51 8 white spruce

51 7 balsam fir

49 7 red spruce

58 4 paper birch

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TREES TO PLANT

European larch

white pine

white spruce

balsam fir

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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