IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ragmuff

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 2007ME021001

User Pedon ID: 2007ME021001

Vegetation Plot ID: 2007ME021001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 08N0120

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19627

Print Date: 11/24/2024

LOCATION

Location In Web Soil Survey

AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.

Location in SoilWeb

Location in Google Maps

Std. Latitude: 46.0589722

Std. Longitude: -69.5660556

Datum: WGS84

Township: 5

Range: 14

Location Description: 0.473 miles north of the Bean Pot Pond Road and 1.106 miles west of the Ragmuff Road in T5 R14 WELS

Map Unit: 89C—Ragmuff-Monson complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, rocky

Country: US—United States

State: Maine

County: ME021—Piscataquis

MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains

Regional Office: NE—Northeast

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-STJ—Saint Johnsbury, Vermont

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME620—Northern Piscataquis and Northern Somerset County Area, Maine

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46069-A5—Ragmuff Stream, Maine

PEDON

Describers Name: Tony Jenkins, Greg Granger

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Aquic Haplorthods

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Ragmuff

PSC - 30 to 68 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/18/2011

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Elliottsville

Classificaton Date - 9/26/2007

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:

Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree

Forest Understory Veg. Type - perennial forbs or herbaceous

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: coarse-loamy lodgment till derived from metasedimentary rock

Landscape: upland

Landform: drumlinoid ridge

Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: moderately well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: very strongly coherent metasedimentary rock, unspecified at 85cm and a dip of 50 to 70 degrees

Surface Fragments: 0.50 percent nonflat subangular indurated 250- to 600-millimeter mixed, 0.50 percent nonflat subangular indurated 600- to 2400-millimeter mixed,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/26/2007 (actual site observation date)

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ABBA ACRU ACSA3 BEAL2 FAGR PIGL PIRU	Abies balsamea Acer rubrum Acer saccharum Betula alleghaniensis Fagus grandifolia Picea glauca Picea rubens	balsam fir red maple sugar maple yellow birch American beech white spruce red spruce	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material bedrock, lithic	noncoherent indurated	68 - 85 85 -	- 17 - —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
fibric soil materials hemic soil materials sapric soil materials albic horizon spodic horizon cambic horizon redox depletions with chroma 2 or less redox concentrations densic materials lithic contact	0—1 1—3 3—5 5—10 10—28 28—68 48—85 48—85 68—85 85—	—1— —2— —2— —5— —18— —40— —37— —37— —17— —-

Setting and Climate
Slope	Slope Length USLE	Upslope Length	Elev.	Corr. Elev	Aspect	MAP	REAP	FFD	MAAT	MSAT	MWAT	MAST	MSST	MWST	MFFP	PE Index	Climate Station ID	Climate Station Name	Climate Station Type
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
3	—	—	405	—	135	905	—	105	3.1	16.4	0.8	—	—	—	—	—	171472	Clayton Lake	US Official

Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed slightly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 7.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 7.0 very coarse roots throughout and 7.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00804; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Oe—1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 7.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 7.0 very coarse roots throughout and 7.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00805; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Oa—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) crushed highly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 7.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 7.0 very coarse roots throughout and 7.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00806; dry when described; observed in pit, small

E—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior silt loam; 31 percent sand; 59 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 7.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 7.0 very coarse roots throughout and 7.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 08N00807; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Bs1—10 to 14 centimeters (3.9 to 5.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed silt loam; 26 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 7.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 7.0 very coarse roots throughout and 7.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00808; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Bs2—14 to 28 centimeters (5.5 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed silt loam; 36 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 7.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00809; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Bs3—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) crushed silt loam; 40 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume flat very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00810; moist when described; observed in pit, small

BC—48 to 68 centimeters (18.9 to 26.8 inches); 98 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior gravelly loam; 39 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 12 percent clay; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) medium prominent irregular mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; 5 percent by volume flat very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00811; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cd—68 to 85 centimeters (26.8 to 33.5 inches); 95 percent olive (5Y 4/3) broken face channery silt loam; 35 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 15 percent clay; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; high excavation difficulty; ; 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions lining pores and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 3 percent fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses lining pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume flat very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 08N00812; moist when described; observed in pit, small

R—85 centimeters (33.5 inches); bedrock; nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small