IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Telos
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09ME021015.Telos
  • User Pedon ID: S09ME021015.Telos
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09ME021015.Telos
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0331
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28255
  • 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: 45.6698611
  • Std. Longitude: -69.4595833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: A
  • Range: 14
  • Location Description: Lily Bay road near Kokadjo on left.
  • Map Unit: 78B—Telos-Monarda association, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
  • 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: 45069-F4—Kokadjo, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N.Butler, C.Bickford
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Aquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Telos
  • PSC - 30 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/7/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Telos
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lodgment till
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 250- to 600-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/3/2009 (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 - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 40
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABBA

    ACRU

    BEPA

    PIRU

    SOLID

    Abies balsamea

    Acer rubrum

    Betula papyrifera

    Picea rubens

    Solidago

    balsam fir

    red maple

    paper birch

    red spruce

    goldenrod

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

    densic material

    indurated

    56 - 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

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    redox concentrations

    cambic horizon

    densic materials

    densic contact

    redox concentrations

    0—10

    0—5

    5—10

    5—10

    10—46

    25—165

    25—46

    25—46

    46—56

    56—165

    56—

    56—165

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    11/3/2009

    30

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    32
    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

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    418.5

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    26

    905

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    105

    3.1

    16.4

    0.8

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    171472

    Clayton Lake

    US Official
    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; common very fine throughout
    E—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 39 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 35 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 39 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent fine prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 5 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) loam; 44 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent fine prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; ; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; Few Fine Throughout
    Cd—56 to 165 centimeters (22.0 to 65.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; 43 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 13 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in pit, small