IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nicholville

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S09ME021007.Nicholville

User Pedon ID: S09ME021007.Nicholville

Vegetation Plot ID: S09ME021007.Nicholville

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - NSSL

Lab Pedon # - 10N0323

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28247

Print Date: 4/27/2025

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: 45.7436944

Std. Longitude: -68.8483333

Datum: WGS84

Township: 1

Range: 9

Location Description: Baxter State Park road right before the intersection with Golden Road. To the right in near bog.

Map Unit: 6XB—Roundabout-Nicholville association, 0 to 8 percent slopes

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-F7—Norcross, Maine

PEDON

Describers Name: TonyJenkins, Nick Butler

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, isotic, frigid Aquic Haplorthods

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Nicholville

PSC - 31 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/18/2011

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Nicholville

Classificaton Date - 9/30/2009

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: no

SITE

Parent Material: lacustrine deposits

Landscape: lake plain

Landform: lake terrace

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Geomorphic Component Terraces: riser

Hill Slope Profile: toeslope

Slope Position: lower third

Slope Complexity: complex

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: concave

Drainage Class: moderately well

Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated granite,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/30/2009 (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 - partly cloudy

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ABBA ACRU BEPA PIRE PIRU PIST THOC2 TSUGA	Abies balsamea Acer rubrum Betula papyrifera Pinus resinosa Picea rubens Pinus strobus Thuja occidentalis Tsuga	balsam fir red maple paper birch red pine red spruce eastern white pine arborvitae hemlock	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon hemic soil materials sapric soil materials albic horizon albic materials spodic horizon cambic horizon aquic conditions	0—11 0—2 2—6 6—11 6—11 11—34 34—115 58—165	—11— —2— —4— —4— —5— —23— —81— —107—

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
4	—	—	155	—	115	905	—	105	3.1	16.4	0.8	—	—	—	—	—	171472	Clayton Lake	US Official

Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) moderately decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots: common fine-medium throughout

Oa—2 to 6 centimeters (0.8 to 2.4 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) highly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; many very fine-coarse throughout

E—6 to 11 centimeters (2.4 to 4.3 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) silt loam; 45 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; common very fine-coarse throughout

Bs1—11 to 18 centimeters (4.3 to 7.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) very fine sandy loam; 54 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 8 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; many very fine-very coarse throughout

Bs2—18 to 34 centimeters (7.1 to 13.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very fine sandy loam; 49 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; common fine-very coarse throughout

Bw—34 to 58 centimeters (13.4 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very fine sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; common fine-medium throughout

BC—58 to 115 centimeters (22.8 to 45.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 36 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 1 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; ; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

C—115 to 165 centimeters (45.3 to 65.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) very fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 1 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; ; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 600-800-1200 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; few fine-medium throughout; Large boulder in C, but able to auger at pit base to 165cm