IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Caribou
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S11ME003027.Caribou
  • User Pedon ID: S11ME003027.Caribou
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S11ME003027.Caribou
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7809
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50902
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 46.1439722
  • Std. Longitude: -67.9018056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: Houlton
  • Location Description: Near I-95 on the Ludlow Road and Callaghan Rd intersection, up on hill.
  • 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Caribou
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Dystrudepts
  • PSC - 25 to 90 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/2001
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy lodgment till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.10 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter 0.10 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/16/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • 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 - 10
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2GLA

    —

    Grasslike, annual

    —

    —

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

    densic material

    —

    90 - 200

    - 110 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic materials

    densic contact

    0—35

    35—90

    90—200

    90—200

    —35—

    —55—

    —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

    4

    —

    —

    142

    —

    230

    979

    —

    123

    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) silt loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots: Many Very Fine & Few Medium Throughout
    Ap2—15 to 35 centimeters (5.9 to 13.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots: Common Very Fine & Few Medium Throughout
    Bw—35 to 60 centimeters (13.8 to 23.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) gravelly loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—60 to 90 centimeters (23.6 to 35.4 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume flat very angular indurated 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat very angular strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots: Few Very Fine Throughout
    Cd—90 to 200 centimeters (35.4 to 78.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly loam; 12 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat very angular indurated 150-250-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small