IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monarda

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S08ME021001.Monarda

User Pedon ID: S08ME021001.Monarda

Vegetation Plot ID: S08ME021001.Monarda

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 09N0153

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24125

Print Date: 2/1/2025

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: 46.0244667

Std. Longitude: -69.6196833

Datum: WGS84

Township: 4

Range: 14

Location Description: Ragmuff road near McGooseley Pond

Map Unit: 74B—Telos-Monarda-Ragmuff association, 0 to 8 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-DFX—Dover-Foxcroft, Maine

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: Anthony Jenkins

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

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Monarda

PSC - 33 to 56 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/18/2011

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Monarda

Classificaton Date - 9/12/2007

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: yes

SITE

Parent Material: lodgment till

Landform: till plain

Geomorphic Component Flats: rise

Hill Slope Profile: toeslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: concave

Drainage Class: poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 250- to 600-millimeter mixed,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/12/2007 (actual site observation date)

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 THOC2	Abies balsamea Acer rubrum Thuja occidentalis	balsam fir red maple arborvitae	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material	very strongly coherent	56 - 165	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon redox concentrations redox depletions with chroma 2 or less densic contact	0—18 8—165 33—86 56—	—- —- —- —-

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	—	—	411	—	248	905	—	105	3.1	16.4	0.8	—	—	—	—	—	171472	Clayton Lake	US Official

Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) broken face mucky peat; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in cut

Oa—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) broken face muck; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 very coarse roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in cut

Eg—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face silt loam; 21 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-135-250 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in cut

Bg—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-135-250 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in cut

BC—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face gravelly loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-135-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in cut

Cd—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face gravelly silt loam; 17 percent clay; structureless massive; firm; 1 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent fine and medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; 5 percent by volume flat angular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-135-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in cut

Cdg1—86 to 137 centimeters (33.9 to 53.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) broken face cobbly silt loam; 20 percent clay; structureless massive; firm; 1 percent fine prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 30 percent fine and medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-135-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in cut

Cdg2—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) broken face silt loam; 22 percent clay; structureless massive; firm; 1 percent fine prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 30 percent fine and medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 75-135-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter.; observed in cut