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

102A SUNDAY

Texture: LOAMY FINE SAND

Slope Percent: 0 TO 3

Important Forest Soil Group: IA Ordination Code: 6S

Parent Material: Alluvium (floodplains)

Drainage: Excessively Drained

Depth to Hardpan:

Limitation: Limitations due to dry, sandy soils.

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 Slight

Seedling Mortality Severe

Windthrow Hazard Slight

Plant Competition Slight

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PRODUCTIVITY

SiteIndex ProdClass Species

55 6 white pine

50 2 northern red oak

55 balsam poplar

48 2 sugar maple

red maple

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TREES TO PLANT

red pine

European larch

white pine

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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