IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hermon

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S08ME021004

User Pedon ID: S08ME021004.Hermon

Vegetation Plot ID: S08ME021004

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 09N0156

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24128

Print Date: 12/4/2024

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: 45.6364167

Std. Longitude: -69.0162222

Datum: WGS84

Township: A

Range: 10

Location Description: Jo-Mary road by Copper Pond

Country: US—United States

State: Maine

County: ME021—Piscataquis

MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains

Regional Office: NE—Northeast

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

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

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45069-F1—Nahmakanta Stream, Maine

PEDON

Describers Name: Anthony Jenkins

Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Typic Haplorthods

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Hermon

PSC - 29 to 104 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/18/2011

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Hermon

Classificaton Date - 9/3/2008

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: ablation till derived from granite and gneiss

Landscape: outwash plain

Landform: moraine

Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope

Slope Complexity: complex

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: somewhat excessively

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent nonflat indurated 250- to 600-millimeter granitoid, 15.00 percent nonflat indurated 600- to 1800-millimeter granitoid,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/3/2008 (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 BEAL2 PIRU QUERC	Abies balsamea Acer rubrum Betula alleghaniensis Picea rubens Quercus	balsam fir red maple yellow birch red spruce oak	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
hemic soil materials albic materials albic horizon spodic horizon	0—4 4—15 4—15 15—50	—- —- —- —-

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
18	—	—	200	—	90	905	—	105	3.1	16.4	0.8	—	—	—	—	—	171472	Clayton Lake	US Official

Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed moderately decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated 600-800-1200 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. COMMON VERY FINE - VERY COARSE ROOTS

E—4 to 15 centimeters (1.6 to 5.9 inches); gray (7.5YR 6/1) interior gravelly coarse sandy loam; 67 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-375-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. COMMON VERY FINE - VERY COARSE ROOTS

Bs1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior gravelly coarse sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-375-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in cut. MANY VERY FINE - VERY COARSE ROOTS

Bs2—30 to 50 centimeters (11.8 to 19.7 inches); very bouldery loamy coarse sand; 82 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 600-800-1200 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-375-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in cut. COMMON FINE ROOTS

BC—50 to 68 centimeters (19.7 to 26.8 inches); 90 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior very gravelly coarse sand; 93 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 600-800-1200 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly dry when described; observed in cut. FEW FINE ROOTS; 10 PERCENT WEAKLY CEMENTED, MEDIUM AND COARSE 7.5YR 4/4 AREAS

C1—68 to 135 centimeters (26.8 to 53.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) extremely gravelly coarse sand; 98 percent sand; 0 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 600-800-1200 millimeter mixed fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moderately dry when described; observed in cut. FEW FINE ROOTS

C2—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very bouldery coarse sand; 98 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 600-800-1200 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter.; moderately dry when described; observed in cut