IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lovewell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09ME003006.Lovewell
  • User Pedon ID: S09ME003006.Lovewell
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0310
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28234
  • 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: 46.8670806
  • Std. Longitude: -69.4935750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14
  • Range: 14
  • Location Description: Priestly Rapids campsite on the Escourt Rd ~46 mile marker near the St. John River.
  • Map Unit: 5A—Fryeburg-Lovewell complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • 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-G4—Blue Brook, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mary Jo Kimble
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, active, frigid Fluvaquentic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lovewell
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/16/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lovewell
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-silty alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/2009 (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 - rain
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—31

    31—75

    54—106

    54—106

    54—106

    —-

    —44—

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    —

    —

    266

    —

    135

    905

    —

    105

    3.1

    16.4

    0.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    171472

    Clayton Lake

    U.S. Official
    Ap1—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face silt loam; 24 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—17 to 31 centimeters (6.7 to 12.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face silt loam; 25 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—31 to 54 centimeters (12.2 to 21.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face silt loam; 24 percent sand; 64 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—54 to 60 centimeters (21.3 to 23.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face silt loam; 24 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) masses of reduced iron throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; few very fine throughout
    BC—60 to 75 centimeters (23.6 to 29.5 inches); 2.5Y 3/4 (2.5Y 3/4) broken face silt loam; 27 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—75 to 106 centimeters (29.5 to 41.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silt loam; 23 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 14 percent clay; structureless massive; friable; distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent distinct irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; few very fine throughout
    C2—106 to 147 centimeters (41.7 to 57.9 inches); 60 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face and 40 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silt loam; 31 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 11 percent clay; structureless massive; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; few fine and medium throughout
    C3—147 to 165 centimeters (57.9 to 65.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) broken face very fine sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in pit, small