IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kenduskeag

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S11ME003009.Kenduskeag

User Pedon ID: S11ME003009.Kenduskeag

Vegetation Plot ID: S11ME003009.Kenduskeag

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - NSSL

Lab Pedon # - 12N7795

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50888

Print Date: 11/21/2024

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: 46.7256111

Std. Longitude: -67.9963333

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Reach road

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-F8—Easton, Maine

PEDON

Describers Name: Matt Dorman, Mary Jo Kimble, Greg Granger, Tony Jenkins

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, frigid Aquic Eutrudepts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Kenduskeag

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, frigid Aquic Eutrudepts

PSC - 25 to 90 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/26/2011

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: gravelly lodgment till derived from limestone and sandstone

Landscape: till plain

Landform: ridge

Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope

Hill Slope Profile: toeslope

Slope Position: on a slope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: moderately well

Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter limestone-shale, 5.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter limestone-shale,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/26/2011 (actual site observation date)

Microrelief Kind: microlow

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

Current Weather - partly cloudy

Current Air Temp - 10

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
2BARE	—	Bare Ground	—	—	—

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material	very strongly coherent	90 - 200	- 110 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon redox concentrations redox depletions with chroma 2 or less densic contact densic materials	0—30 30—66 41—90 41—90 90—200 90—200	—30— —36— —49— —49— —110— —110—

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	—	150	979	—	125	4.3	17.4	-9.9	—	—	—	—	—	171175	NWS Caribou	US Official

Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 11 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red.; observed in pit, small

Ap2—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 11 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate penetration resistance; moderate excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red.; observed in pit, small

Bs—30 to 39 centimeters (11.8 to 15.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly loam; 12 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate penetration resistance; moderate excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red.; observed in pit, small. Some remnants of a E horizon (2 percent 10YR 7/2)

Bw—39 to 66 centimeters (15.4 to 26.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior gravelly loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate penetration resistance; moderate excavation difficulty; 2 percent fine distinct cubic grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red.; observed in pit, small

BC—66 to 90 centimeters (26.0 to 35.4 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior very gravelly loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate penetration resistance; moderate excavation difficulty; 10 percent fine distinct cubic grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red.; observed in pit, small

Cd—90 to 200 centimeters (35.4 to 78.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior very gravelly clay loam; 27 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; high penetration resistance; high excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red.; observed in pit, small