IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Conant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S11ME003002.Conant
  • User Pedon ID: S11ME003002.Conant
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S11ME003002.Conant
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7791
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50884
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 46.6763056
  • Std. Longitude: -68.1741944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: Easton
  • Location Description: Projected pond site location in Castle Hill
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME003—Aroostook
  • MLRA: 146—Aroostook Area
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME607—Aroostook County, Maine, Northeastern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46067-F7—Easton Center, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt Dorman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, 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 - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Aquic Dystrudepts
  • PSC - 25 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy basal till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/2011 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POTR5

    Populus tremuloides

    quaking aspen

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

    densic material

    bedrock, lithic

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    —

    70 - 165

    175 - 195

    - 95 -

    - 20 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic materials

    densic contact

    lithic contact

    0—24

    24—70

    70—165

    70—165

    175—195

    —24—

    —46—

    —95—

    —95—

    —20—
    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

    —

    —

    203

    —

    40

    979

    —

    125

    4.3

    17.4

    -9.9

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    —

    —

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    171175

    NWS Caribou

    US Official
    Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—12 to 24 centimeters (4.7 to 9.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—24 to 45 centimeters (9.4 to 17.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-300 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—45 to 70 centimeters (17.7 to 27.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) masses of reduced iron throughout and 5 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat very angular strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots: Few Fine Throughout
    Cd1—70 to 96 centimeters (27.6 to 37.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly clay loam; structureless massive; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat very angular indurated 2-100-150 millimeter shale, calcareous fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd2—96 to 165 centimeters (37.8 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) very flaggy channery loam; structureless massive; firm; 30 percent by volume flat very angular indurated 2-100-150 millimeter shale, calcareous fragments and 40 percent by volume flat very angular indurated 150-250-380 millimeter shale, calcareous fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Cg—165 to 175 centimeters (65.0 to 68.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) very flaggy loam; structureless massive; firm; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    R—175 to 200 centimeters (68.9 to 78.7 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small