IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BRAYTON

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S08ME021012

User Pedon ID: S08ME021012.Brayton

Vegetation Plot ID: S08ME021012

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 09N0164

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24136

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 45.9179722

Std. Longitude: -69.1575000

Datum: WGS84

Township: 3

Range: 11

Location Description: ~ 800 FEET WEST OF THE FAR WEST SHORELINE OF JACKSON POND

Map Unit: 54C—Colonel-Dixfield-Brayton association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very bouldery

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-H2—Harrington Lake, Maine

PEDON

Describers Name: ANTHONY JENKINS

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

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - BRAYTON

Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, active, acid, frigid, shallow Aeric Endoaquepts

PSC - 35 to 49 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/30/2008

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture SUBClass - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: loamy lodgment till derived from granite and gneiss

Landscape: hills

Landform: depression

Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: concave

Drainage Class: poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments: 8.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 250- to 600-millimeter granite, 1.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 600- to 2400-millimeter granite,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/30/2008 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - 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 ACSA3 BETUL	Abies balsamea Acer rubrum Acer saccharum Betula	balsam fir red maple sugar maple birch	— — — —	— — — —	— — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material	strongly coherent	49 -	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon hemic soil materials sapric soil materials aquic conditions cambic horizon redox concentrations redox depletions with chroma 2 or less densic contact densic materials	0—14 0—2 2—10 10—165 10—49 10—165 10—165 49— 49—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
1	—	—	411	—	135	905	—	105	3.1	16.4	0.8	—	—	—	—	—	171472	Clayton Lake	US Official

Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed moderately decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moderately moist when described; observed in cut

Oa—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) crushed highly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moderately moist when described; observed in cut. MANY VERY FINE - VERY COARSE ROOTS

Bg—10 to 14 centimeters (3.9 to 5.5 inches); 94 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior channery loam; 27 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent faint gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume flat very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear broken boundary.; very moist when described; observed in cut. MANY VERY FINE - VERY COARSE ROOTS

Bw—14 to 25 centimeters (5.5 to 9.8 inches); 98 percent brown (10YR 5/3) interior cobbly loam; 25 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 24 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume flat very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; very moist when described; observed in cut. MANY VERY FINE - MEDIUM ROOTS

BCg—25 to 49 centimeters (9.8 to 19.3 inches); 95 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior channery loam; 41 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent faint gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume flat very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; wet when described; observed in cut. FEW FINE ROOTS

Cdg1—49 to 110 centimeters (19.3 to 43.3 inches); 94 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) broken face cobbly sandy loam; 50 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 3 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent faint gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout and 5 percent prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume flat very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; wet when described; observed in cut

Cdg2—110 to 165 centimeters (43.3 to 65.0 inches); 84 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) broken face cobbly sandy loam; 38 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 8 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent faint gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout and 5 percent faint gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout and 10 percent prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume flat very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter.; wet, non-satiated when described; observed in cut