IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monarda

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S11ME003025.Monarda

User Pedon ID: S11ME003025.Monarda

Vegetation Plot ID: S11ME003025.Monarda

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - NSSL

Lab Pedon # - 12N7807

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50900

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: 46.1407500

Std. Longitude: -67.8961389

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Houlton, North on route1 to the Ludlow road. Left before Dog Brook.

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: ME608—Aroostook County, Maine, Southern Part

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46067-B8—Twin Brook, Maine

PEDON

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

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, frigid Aeric Endoaquepts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Monarda

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, frigid Aeric Endoaquepts

PSC - 25 to 60 cm.

Classificaton Date - 11/16/2011

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture SUBClass - aeric

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: yes

SITE

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

Landscape: till plain

Landform: ridge

Hill Slope Profile: toeslope

Slope Position: depression

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: concave

Drainage Class: poorly

Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 75- to 250-millimeter igneous, unspecified, 5.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 75- to 250-millimeter igneous, unspecified,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 11/16/2011 (actual site observation date)

Microrelief Kind: microdepression

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - swamp

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - sunny

Current Air Temp - 4

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
CAREX JUNCU	Carex Juncus	sedge rush	— —	— —	— —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material	indurated	60 - 110	- 50 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
umbric epipedon cambic horizon aquic conditions reduced matrix densic contact densic materials	0—25 25—60 25—60 25—40 60—110 60—110	—25— —35— —35— —15— —50— —50—

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
1	—	—	133	—	250	979	—	123	4.3	17.4	-9.9	—	—	—	—	—	171175	NWS Caribou	US Official

Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; 16 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low vertical penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bg—25 to 40 centimeters (9.8 to 15.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face gravelly silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low vertical penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; 5 percent fine distinct irregular light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume flat very angular strongly cemented cemented 2-100-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone-shale fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; wet, non-satiated when described; observed in pit, small

BC—40 to 60 centimeters (15.7 to 23.6 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior gravelly silt loam; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate vertical penetration resistance; moderate excavation difficulty; 3 percent fine faint irregular olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries throughout and 5 percent fine distinct irregular light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; ; 5 percent by volume flat very angular strongly cemented cemented 2-100-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone-shale fragments and 10 percent by volume flat angular extremely weakly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone-shale fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; wet, non-satiated when described; observed in pit, small

Cd—60 to 110 centimeters (23.6 to 43.3 inches); olive (5Y 5/4) interior very gravelly silt loam; 22 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; high vertical penetration resistance; high excavation difficulty; 5 percent fine faint irregular olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries throughout and 10 percent fine distinct irregular light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume flat angular indurated 150-250-380 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat angular extremely weakly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone-shale fragments and 15 percent by volume flat very angular strongly cemented cemented 2-100-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone-shale fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; wet, satiated when described; observed in pit, small