IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Conant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S10ME003002.Conant
  • User Pedon ID: S10ME003002.Conant
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSl
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N8702
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50916
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 46.8629722
  • Std. Longitude: -67.9826111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: RaCA center pit for site C1207C02
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME003—Aroostook
  • MLRA: 146—Aroostook Area
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 12-7—Presque Isle, Maine
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME607—Aroostook County, Maine, Northeastern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46067-G8—Goodwin, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carl Bickford & Nick Butler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, frigid Aquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Conant
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, frigid Aquic Dystrudepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—41

    41—57

    —-41

    —-16
    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

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    100

    3.1

    16.4

    0.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    171472

    Clayton Lake

    US Official
    Ap—0 to 41 centimeters (0.0 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—41 to 57 centimeters (16.1 to 22.4 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3) gravelly silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions throughout and 2 percent medium faint iron depletions throughout; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—57 to 72 centimeters (22.4 to 28.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) gravelly silt loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions throughout and 2 percent medium faint iron depletions throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-300 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—72 to 100 centimeters (28.3 to 39.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) gravelly silt loam; 16 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions throughout and 2 percent medium faint iron depletions throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-300 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small