IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hermon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978ME009001
  • User Pedon ID: 78ME009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0576
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46130
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 44.1694450
  • Std. Longitude: -68.4030533
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: ME. Hancock County, Town of Swans Island in Borrow pit at W end of old Atlantic airstrip
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME009—Hancock

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D.Clark K.LaFlamme R.Yeck D.McMurtry
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hermon
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    10

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    18

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Not sampled
    O2—2 to 13 centimeters (0.8 to 5.1 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) interior partially decomposed organic matter; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03405. many medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    A2—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 2 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 42 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03406. common very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    B21h—30 to 39 centimeters (11.8 to 15.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03407. common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    B22ir—39 to 71 centimeters (15.4 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; massive; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03408. Brn amorphous mat coats med and coarse sand grains almost filling interstices.In a few areas of the thin sec grains have little coating and are not touching.Some grains have brn weathered edges; few fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    B23—71 to 112 centimeters (28.0 to 44.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior very gravelly sandy loam; massive, and structureless single grain; loose; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 20 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 80 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03409. common very fine and fine roots
    C1—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; 2.5 very fine roots; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter mixed fragments and 80 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03410. common very fine roots
    C2—140 to 163 centimeters (55.1 to 64.2 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior very gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 65 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 78P03411