IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ragmuff
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S08ME003004
  • User Pedon ID: S08ME003004.Ragmuff
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S08ME003004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0146
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24118
  • Print Date: 5/15/2025

    • 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: 46.5213889
  • Std. Longitude: -68.7147222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10
  • Range: 8
  • Location Description: Jack Mountain Quadrangle, Spectacle Pond road
  • Map Unit: 76C—Telos-Chesuncook-Ragmuff association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, rocky
  • Country: US—United States
  • 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: 46068-E6—Jack Mountain, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MJK, TJ
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Aquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ragmuff
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Aquic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 28 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lodgment till derived from granodiorite
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated slight weathered granodiorite at 75cm
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 250- to 600-millimeter diorite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9196-112
  • 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

    BEAL2

    BEPA

    Abies balsamea

    Acer rubrum

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Betula papyrifera

    balsam fir

    red maple

    yellow birch

    paper birch

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    bedrock, lithic

    very weakly coherent

    indurated

    70 - 75

    75 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    hemic soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    densic contact

    densic materials

    lithic contact

    0—1

    1—3

    3—6

    6—21

    21—70

    47—70

    47—70

    47—70

    70—75

    70—75

    75—

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    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

    8

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    302

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    270

    905

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    105

    3.1

    16.4

    0.8

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    171472

    Clayton Lake

    U.S. Official
    Oe—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; none odor; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. roots; many very fine to coarse throughout.
    Oa—1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) broken face highly decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; none odor; noneffervescent; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. roots; many very fine to coarse throughout.
    E—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) broken face gravelly loam; 28 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 19 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-375-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; none odor; noneffervescent; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. roots; many very fine coarse throughout.
    Bs1—6 to 21 centimeters (2.4 to 8.3 inches); 90 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed gravelly loam; 51 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 13 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-375-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; none odor; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. (10% Bhs materials in pockets); Roots: many very fine to coarse roots throughout.
    Bs2—21 to 38 centimeters (8.3 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) crushed gravelly loam; 50 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-375-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; none odor; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. roots; common fine throughout.
    Bs3—38 to 47 centimeters (15.0 to 18.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed gravelly sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-375-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; none odor; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. roots; common fine throughout.
    BC—47 to 70 centimeters (18.5 to 27.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face gravelly sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-375-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; none odor; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. Roots; few fine throughout.
    Cd—70 to 75 centimeters (27.6 to 29.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face very gravelly loam; 58 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 10 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; high excavation difficulty; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; none odor; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. Roots; few very fine throught.
    R—75 centimeters (29.5 inches); 15 percent clay; extremely high excavation difficulty; fragments; none odor; noneffervescent.; moist when described; observed in cut