IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Caribou

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S11ME003015.Caribou

User Pedon ID: S11ME003015.Caribou

Vegetation Plot ID: S11ME003015.Caribou

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - NSSL

Lab Pedon # - 12N7801

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50894

Print Date: 11/14/2024

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: 46.6713889

Std. Longitude: -67.8552778

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Route 1A North of the Easton Center 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-F7—Easton Center, Maine

PEDON

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

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, frigid Typic Dystrudepts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Caribou

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, frigid Typic Dystrudepts

PSC - 25 to 68 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/27/2011

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: fine-loamy lodgment till derived from limestone and sandstone

Landscape: till plain

Landform: ridge

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: on a slope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter igneous, unspecified, 10.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter igneous, unspecified,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/27/2011 (actual site observation date)

Microrelief Kind: microhigh

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
2BARE	—	Bare Ground	—	—	—

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material	indurated	68 - 200	- 132 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon densic materials densic contact	0—30 30—68 68—200 68—200	—30— —38— —132— —132—

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
9	—	—	256	—	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); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low vertical penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; 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 silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine lenticular platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low vertical penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bw1—30 to 50 centimeters (11.8 to 19.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate vertical penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bw2—50 to 68 centimeters (19.7 to 26.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) interior very gravelly loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate vertical penetration resistance; moderate excavation difficulty; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cd1—68 to 130 centimeters (26.8 to 51.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior very gravelly silt loam; 25 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; high vertical penetration resistance; high excavation difficulty; 3 percent medium faint irregular grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium distinct irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cd2—130 to 200 centimeters (51.2 to 78.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior very gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; high vertical penetration resistance; high excavation difficulty; 5 percent medium faint irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium distinct irregular grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small