IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bucksport
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09ME003010.Bucksport
  • User Pedon ID: S09ME003010.Bucksport
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09ME003010.Bucksport
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0314
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28238
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 46.8164722
  • Std. Longitude: -69.1860833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14
  • Range: 12
  • Location Description: Michuand Farm Road `12 mile marker,left right before the pit, ~1.5 miles bog on left.
  • Map Unit: OA—Wonsqueak and Bucksport soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME003—Aroostook
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME621—Western Aroostook County Area, Maine
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46069-H2—Allagash Falls, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Judith Ball
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Dysic, frigid Typic Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bucksport
  • PSC - 0 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bucksport
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: well decomposed herbaceous organic material and/or well decomposed woody organic material
  • Landform: bog, swamp
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for long periods
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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 - overcast
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    THOC2

    Thuja occidentalis

    arborvitae

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

    hemic soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    0—22

    22—165

    —22—

    —143—
    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

    —

    —

    385

    —

    905

    —

    105

    3.1

    16.4

    0.8

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    —

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    171472

    Clayton Lake

    U.S. Official
    Oe1—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); black (5YR 2/1) rubbed mucky peat; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromcresol green.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket. Roots; many very fine throughout and common fine throughout
    Oa2—22 to 56 centimeters (8.7 to 22.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) rubbed muck; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket. Roots; many very fine and fine throughout, few medium-very coarse throughout
    Oa3—56 to 165 centimeters (22.0 to 65.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) rubbed muck; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, bromcresol green.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket