IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Enchanted
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S10ME021002.Enchanted
  • User Pedon ID: S10ME021002.Enchanted
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10ME021002.Enchanted
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N8707
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50921
  • 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: 45.9286944
  • Std. Longitude: -68.9305000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: On the tableland on Katahdin
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME021—Piscataquis
  • 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-H8—Mount Katahdin, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tony Jenkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal Folistic Humicryods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Enchanted
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal Folistic Humicryods
  • PSC - 42 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    JUNCU

    Juncus

    rush

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

    folistic epipedon

    sapric soil materials

    spodic horizon

    cambic horizon

    0—42

    0—42

    42—85

    85—100

    —-42

    —-42

    —-43

    —-15
    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

    10

    —

    —

    1419

    —

    —

    —

    100

    3.1

    16.4

    0.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    171472

    Clayton Lake

    US Official
    Oa1—0 to 35 centimeters (0.0 to 13.8 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) very gravelly loamy coarse sand, muck; strong medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 150-260-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oa2—35 to 42 centimeters (13.8 to 16.5 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) very gravelly loamy coarse sand, muck; strong medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 150-260-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—42 to 85 centimeters (16.5 to 33.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) loamy coarse sand; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; ; 10 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 150-260-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-300 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—85 to 100 centimeters (33.5 to 39.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 150-260-380 millimeter unspecified fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small