IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Burnham
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09ME003005.Burnham
  • User Pedon ID: S09ME003005.Burnham
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09ME003005.Burnham
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0309
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28233
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 46.6761111
  • Std. Longitude: -69.8836111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12
  • Range: 17
  • Location Description: Depot road ~21 miles to the Number 1 Road. Turn right, To the Number 7 road. Turn left past the 7E road. Left on new road and left again off first rd.
  • Map Unit: 379A—Aurelie-Burnham association, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maine
  • 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: 46069-F8—Burntland Pond, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Maryjo Kimble
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, semiactive, acid, frigid, shallow Histic Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Burnham
  • PSC - 25 to 50 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Burnham
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/2009
  • 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: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lodgment till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: very frequent flooding for long periods
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments: 0.30 percent nonflat very angular strongly coherent cemented mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 10
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BEPA

    PIMA

    Betula papyrifera

    Picea mariana

    paper birch

    black spruce

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

    densic material

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    50 - 73

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

    histic epipedon

    fibric soil materials

    hemic soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    albic materials

    albic horizon

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    cambic horizon

    densic materials

    0—20

    0—6

    6—14

    14—20

    20—38

    20—38

    20—73

    20—73

    38—50

    50—73

    —20—

    —6—

    —8—

    —6—

    —18—

    —18—

    —53—

    —53—

    —12—

    —23—
    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

    —

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    377

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    210

    905

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    105

    3.1

    16.4

    0.8

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    —

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    171472

    Clayton Lake

    U.S. Official
    Oi1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) slightly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. Roots; many very fine-coarse throughout
    Oi2—6 to 14 centimeters (2.4 to 5.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1) slightly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; fine and medium throughout
    Oe—14 to 20 centimeters (5.5 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) highly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; many fine-coarse throughout
    Bg1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) gravelly fine sandy loam; 54 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; few medium throughout
    Bg2—38 to 50 centimeters (15.0 to 19.7 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) gravelly loam; 43 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 19 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; few medium throughout
    Cdg1—50 to 73 centimeters (19.7 to 28.7 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) gravelly loam; 37 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-300 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cdg2—73 to 165 centimeters (28.7 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) gravelly loam; 42 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 4/3) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-300 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in pit, small