IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mapleton

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S11ME003018.Mapleton

User Pedon ID: S11ME003018.Mapleton

Vegetation Plot ID: S11ME003018.Mapleton

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - NSSL

Lab Pedon # - 12N7803

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50896

Print Date: 12/17/2024

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: 46.6380556

Std. Longitude: -67.8640556

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 Kimbe

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, frigid Dystric 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 - Mapleton

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, frigid Dystric Eutrudepts

PSC - 25 to 84 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/28/2011

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, sandstone, and shale

Landscape: till plain

Landform: ridge

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: on a slope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: concave

Drainage Class: moderately well

Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter igneous, unspecified, 5.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter igneous, unspecified,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/28/2011 (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

Current Weather - sunny

Current Air Temp - -1

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 bedrock, lithic	very strongly coherent very strongly coherent	84 - 110 145 - 170	- 26 - - 25 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon densic contact densic materials abrupt textural change lithic contact	0—28 28—84 84—110 84—110 110—145 145—170	—28— —56— —26— —26— —35— —25—

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	—	—	235	—	235	979	—	125	4.3	17.4	-9.9	—	—	—	—	—	171175	NWS Caribou	US Official

Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very low vertical penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume flat angular strongly cemented cemented 2-100-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone-shale fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-125-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bw—28 to 70 centimeters (11.0 to 27.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior very channery loam, very channery fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low vertical penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-125-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume flat angular strongly cemented cemented 2-100-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone-shale fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

BC—70 to 84 centimeters (27.6 to 33.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior very channery loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate vertical penetration resistance; moderate excavation difficulty; 2 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 very strongly coherent cemented 75-125-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat angular noncoherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone-shale fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume flat angular strongly cemented cemented 2-100-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone-shale fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cd—84 to 110 centimeters (33.1 to 43.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior very channery loam; 20 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; high vertical penetration resistance; moderate excavation difficulty; 2 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 very strongly coherent cemented 75-125-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat angular noncoherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone-shale fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume flat angular strongly cemented cemented 2-100-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone-shale fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

2C—110 to 145 centimeters (43.3 to 57.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very channery sandy loam; 6 percent clay; 7.5YR 3/6 (7.5YR 3/6) medium distinct irregular mottles; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low vertical penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-125-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat angular noncoherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone-shale fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume flat angular strongly cemented cemented 2-100-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone-shale fragments; abrupt irregular boundary.; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small

R—145 to 170 centimeters (57.1 to 66.9 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small