IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aurelie

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S08ME003003

User Pedon ID: S08ME003003.Aurelie

Vegetation Plot ID: S08ME003003

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 09N0145

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24117

Print Date: 11/21/2024

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: 47.3189167

Std. Longitude: -69.1270556

Datum: WGS84

Township: 19

Range: 11

Location Description: 50 feet SW of logging road in road cut seepage from road cut along Cd horizon ponding in ditch below. Full of sedges, rushes, and frogs.

Map Unit: 378B—Daigle-Aurelie association, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony

Country: US—United States

State: Maine

County: ME003—Aroostook

MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains

MLRA Soil Survey Area: 12-7—Presque Isle, Maine

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME621—Western Aroostook County Area, Maine

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47069-C2—Hafey Pond, Maine

PEDON

Describers Name: Donald Parizek

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, frigid, shallow Aeric Endoaquepts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Aurelie

PSC - 25 to 46 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/18/2011

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture Subclass - aeric

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Aurelie

Classificaton Date - 6/29/2006

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: yes

SITE

Parent Material: lodgment till derived from metamorphic rock

Landscape: till plain

Landform: depression

Hill Slope Profile: footslope

Slope Position: lower third

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: concave

Drainage Class: poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 250- to 600-millimeter mixed,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/29/2006 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 3949-35

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

Current Weather - overcast

Current Air Temp - 15

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ABBA ACPE BEPA POTR5 THOC2	Abies balsamea Acer pensylvanicum Betula papyrifera Populus tremuloides Thuja occidentalis	balsam fir striped maple paper birch quaking aspen arborvitae	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material	moderately coherent	46 - 165	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
hemic soil materials ochric epipedon aquic conditions cambic horizon reduced matrix densic contact densic materials	0—8 0—8 8—165 18—46 18—33 46— 46—165	—- —- —- —- —- —- —-

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
2	—	—	347	—	40	905	—	105	3.1	16.4	0.8	—	—	—	—	—	171472	Clayton Lake	U.S. Official

Oe—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; fragments; none odor; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut

A—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed channery silt loam; 4 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 82 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine irregular pores; 2 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 150-260-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 76-125-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; none odor; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. Roots; many very fine to coarse throughout, and common course to very coarse throughout.

Bg—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face channery silt loam; 34 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 35 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 150-260-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; none odor; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. Roots; few very fine to medium throughout.

BC—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face gravelly loam; 42 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine irregular pores; 20 percent silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 5 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 150-260-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; none odor; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. Roots; few very fine to fine throughout.

Cd—46 to 99 centimeters (18.1 to 39.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face gravelly loam; 43 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 22 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; high excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine irregular pores; 20 percent silt coats on rock fragments; 20 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses and 20 percent medium faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 150-260-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; none odor; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut

Cdg—99 to 165 centimeters (39.0 to 65.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face gravelly loam; 38 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 24 percent clay; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very high excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent silt coats on rock fragments and 10 percent silt coats on top faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses and 20 percent medium faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 150-260-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; none odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in cut