IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Telos
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09ME003012.Daigle
  • User Pedon ID: S09ME003012.Daigle
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09ME003012.Daigle
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0316
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28240
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 46.7309167
  • Std. Longitude: -69.0013611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12
  • Range: 11
  • Location Description: 25 mile road
  • Map Unit: 376C—Daigle-Ragmuff-Perham association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, rocky
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME003—Aroostook
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • 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-F1—Upper McNally Pond, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MJK MGD AMM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, active, frigid Aquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Telos
  • PSC - 27 to 50 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Daigle
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy lodgment till derived from metasedimentary rock
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: ponded
  • 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 -
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABBA

    Abies balsamea

    balsam fir

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

    densic material

    strongly coherent

    50 - 165

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

    ochric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    albic horizon

    albic materials

    spodic horizon

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    densic materials

    0—4

    0—2

    2—4

    2—4

    4—21

    21—165

    21—50

    50—92

    92—165

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    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —29—

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    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

    15

    —

    —

    477

    —

    180

    905

    —

    105

    3.1

    16.4

    0.8

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    —

    —

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    171472

    Clayton Lake

    U.S. Official
    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments.; moist when described; observed in cut. Roots; many very fine-medium throughout
    E—2 to 4 centimeters (0.8 to 1.6 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) silt loam; 41 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in cut. Roots; many very fine-medium throughout
    Bs—4 to 21 centimeters (1.6 to 8.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam, silt loam; 40 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in cut. Roots; many very fine-medium throughout
    Bw—21 to 33 centimeters (8.3 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 47 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent fine faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; ; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in cut. Roots; many very fine-coarse throughout
    BC—33 to 50 centimeters (13.0 to 19.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silt loam; 36 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 19 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent fine faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in cut. Roots; few fine throughout
    Cd1—50 to 92 centimeters (19.7 to 36.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silt loam; 36 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 21 percent clay; structureless massive; firm; 25 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in cut
    Cd2—92 to 165 centimeters (36.2 to 65.0 inches); dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) silt loam; 37 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 20 percent clay; structureless massive; firm; 25 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in cut