IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Becket
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09ME021006.Becket
  • User Pedon ID: S09ME021006.Becket
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09ME021006.Becket
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0322
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28246
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 45.6526389
  • Std. Longitude: -68.6541111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1
  • Range: 10
  • Location Description: Jo-Mary Road 2nd road to the right. Potaywadio Ridge area on new road.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME021—Piscataquis
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 12-7—Presque Isle, Maine
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME620—Northern Piscataquis and Northern Somerset County Area, Maine
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45068-F8—Pemadumcook Lake, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tony Jenkins, Mary Jo Kimble
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Becket
  • PSC - 32 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Becket
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 32 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/13/2017
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • 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: coarse-loamy lodgment till derived from granite and gneiss
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: drumlin
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 250- to 600-millimeter mixed, 3.00 percent nonflat well rounded indurated 600- to 2400-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/27/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microhigh
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 16
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACSA3

    PIRE

    PIRU

    PIST

    Acer saccharum

    Pinus resinosa

    Picea rubens

    Pinus strobus

    sugar maple

    red pine

    red spruce

    eastern white pine

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

    densic material

    weakly coherent

    96 -

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

    hemic soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    redox concentrations

    0—7

    0—11

    7—11

    11—39

    39—96

    96—165

    96—150

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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

    14

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    —

    175

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    45

    905

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    105

    3.1

    16.4

    0.8

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    171472

    Clayton Lake

    U.S. Official
    Oe—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-375-600 millimeter granite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; many very fine-very coarse throughout
    E—7 to 11 centimeters (2.8 to 4.3 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) broken face sandy loam; 67 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak fine granular parts to weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-375-600 millimeter granite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter granite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; many very fine-very coarse throughout
    Bs1—11 to 20 centimeters (4.3 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed gravelly coarse sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 4 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-300 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; many very fine-very coarse throughout
    Bs2—20 to 39 centimeters (7.9 to 15.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed cobbly sandy loam; 61 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; common fine-coarse throughout
    Bs3—39 to 65 centimeters (15.4 to 25.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed gravelly sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-300 millimeter granite fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; many fine and medium throughout
    BC—65 to 96 centimeters (25.6 to 37.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face cobbly sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; few fine and medium throughout
    Cd1—96 to 150 centimeters (37.8 to 59.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face very gravelly sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent fine distinct noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-375-600 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-300 millimeter granite fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd2—150 to 165 centimeters (59.1 to 65.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) broken face very gravelly sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 0 percent clay; structureless massive; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-375-600 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-300 millimeter granite fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in pit, small