IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wassookeag
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S11ME003020.Wassookeag
  • User Pedon ID: S11ME003020.Wassookeag
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S11ME003020.Wassookeag
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7804
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50897
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 47.0799167
  • Std. Longitude: -67.8645000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: North on Route 1A in Hamlin Township, ont the Parent 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: 47067-A7—Hamlin, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt Dorman, Greg Granger, Mary Jo Kimble
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, frigid Oxyaquic 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 - Wassookeag
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, frigid Oxyaquic Eutrudepts
  • PSC - 25 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/14/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: 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: convex
  • 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: 11/14/2011 (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 - rain
  • Current Air Temp - 4
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2BARE

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    Bare Ground

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    —

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

    densic material

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    indurated

    60 - 105

    105 - 130

    - 45 -

    - 25 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    densic materials

    lithic contact

    0—22

    22—60

    60—105

    60—105

    105—130

    —22—

    —38—

    —45—

    —45—

    —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

    —

    —

    217

    —

    350

    979

    —

    108

    4.3

    17.4

    -9.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    171175

    NWS Caribou

    US Official
    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very low vertical penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; 10 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—15 to 22 centimeters (5.9 to 8.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low vertical penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; 10 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—22 to 30 centimeters (8.7 to 11.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate vertical penetration resistance; moderate excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—30 to 60 centimeters (11.8 to 23.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior gravelly sandy loam; 14 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate vertical penetration resistance; moderate excavation difficulty; 2 percent fine distinct irregular and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 2 percent fine faint irregular olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 35 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd—60 to 105 centimeters (23.6 to 41.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior very gravelly loam; 18 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate vertical penetration resistance; high excavation difficulty; 2 percent fine distinct irregular and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 2 percent fine faint irregular olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 15 percent by volume flat angular very weakly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone-shale fragments and 35 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    R—105 to 130 centimeters (41.3 to 51.2 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small