IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Croghan

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S09ME003004.Croghan

User Pedon ID: S09ME003004.Croghan

Vegetation Plot ID: S09ME003004.Croghan

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 10N0308

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28232

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: 46.6066667

Std. Longitude: -69.5866111

Datum: WGS84

Township: 11

Range: 14

Location Description: Out the Reality Road past Clayton Lake to Bertrands Mill Road, .7 miles on your right.

Map Unit: 9B—Naumburg-Croghan association, 0 to 8 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: Maine

County: ME003—Aroostook

MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains

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

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46069-E5—Clayton Lake, Maine

PEDON

Describers Name: Allison Montgomery, Nicholas Butler

Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, frigid Aquic Haplorthods

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Croghan

PSC - 30 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/18/2011

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Croghan

Classificaton Date - 6/16/2009

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: glaciofluvial deposits

Landform: terrace

Geomorphic Component Terraces: riser

Geomorphic Component Flats: rise

Hill Slope Profile: shoulder

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Complexity: complex

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: moderately well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/16/2009 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID:

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

Yield Study ID -

Current Weather - partly cloudy

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ABBA BEPA LALA PIRU	Abies balsamea Betula papyrifera Larix laricina Picea rubens	balsam fir paper birch tamarack red spruce	— — — —	— — — —	— — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
fibric soil materials ochric epipedon albic horizon albic materials spodic horizon aquic conditions redox concentrations redox depletions with chroma 2 or less	0—5 0—10 5—10 5—10 10—26 50—165 50—165 50—165	—5— —10— —5— —5— —16— —115— —115— —115—

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
3	—	—	320	—	225	905	—	105	3.1	16.4	0.8	—	—	—	—	—	171472	Clayton Lake	U.S. Official

Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) broken face slightly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; many very fine and fine throughout, few medium and coarse throughout

E—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; common very fine and fine throughout, few medium throughout

Bhs—10 to 14 centimeters (3.9 to 5.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) crushed loamy fine sand; 74 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; common very fine and fine throughout, few medium and coarse throughout

Bs1—14 to 26 centimeters (5.5 to 10.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed loamy fine sand; 79 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; few very fine-medium throughout

Bs2—26 to 37 centimeters (10.2 to 14.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) crushed loamy fine sand; 81 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; few very fine and fine throughout

BC—37 to 50 centimeters (14.6 to 19.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face loamy fine sand; 83 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

CB—50 to 61 centimeters (19.7 to 24.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face loamy fine sand; 82 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; few very fine throughout

C1—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) broken face sand; 95 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

C2—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) broken face fine sand; 87 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (5Y 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron with clear boundaries throughout and 15 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; ; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

C3—91 to 165 centimeters (35.8 to 65.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) broken face sand; 92 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in pit, small