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

104A PODUNK

Texture: FINE SANDY LOAM

Slope Percent: 0 TO 3

Important Forest Soil Group: IA Ordination Code: 9A

Parent Material:

Drainage: Moderately Well Drained Hydric Inclusion Rumney

Depth to Hardpan:

Limitation: Only slight limitations for woodland use.

Typical timber productivity on this soil type is 1.6
cords or 128.7
cubic feet per acre per year.

.

MANAGEMENT CONCERNS

Erosion Hazard Slight

Equipment Limitations Slight

Seedling Mortality Severe

Windthrow Hazard Slight

Plant Competition Moderate

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PRODUCTIVITY

SiteIndex ProdClass Species

45 7 red spruce

74 9 white pine

75 10 red pine

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TREES TO PLANT

white spruce

white pine

red 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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