Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park: Geologic and Soil Resources Inventory Summary
Henderson T. 2025. Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park: Geologic and Soil Resources Inventory Summary. National Park Service
This document summarizes the status of National Park Service (NPS) Geologic Resources Inventory (GRI) and Soil Resources Inventory (SRI) deliverables for Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park. It also provides information on current geology and soil resources management concerns, with a focus on identified inventory needs related to geologic heritage, geohazards, and related soil features and processes. This document is intended to assist park staff with prioritizing technical assistance or new inventory and assessment funding requests in the near term (roughly 1–5 years). The GRI hosted a baseline scoping meeting for Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in 2002. Baseline bedrock and surficial geologic maps were delivered to the parks in 2015 and updated in 2020. SRI delivered a legacy soil database and map to the park in 2006. The most up-to-date soil data for the historical park is available through Web Soil Survey. Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park’s geologic heritage is engrained in its Indigenous connections, the scenic influence of Mount Ascutney and the surrounding Connecticut River Valley, as well as its connections to the Cornish Colony. Geologic hazards identified in the park include climate change, disturbed lands, flooding, mass wasting (e.g., landslides, slumping, or creep), radon, seismicity, swelling clays, and toxicological soils. The geologic and soil resources inventory needs for the park include various data and/or GIS needs related to the inventory and monitoring of cultural resources, erosion, and fossils, in addition to geologic mapping needs.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Henderson, Timothy
- Date of Issue
- 2025-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- GRI , NER , NETN , SAGA , SRI
- Keywords
- Geologic Features, Geologic Hazards, Geologic Heritage, Geologic History, Geologic Processes, GIS, GSRI, Map Units, Resource Management
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Glacial Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Hillslope Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Stream/River Channel Characteristics , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Lake Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Subsurface Geologic Processes | Seismic Activity , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Soil Quality | Soil Function and Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Paleontology | Paleontology