IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Conant

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S11ME003029.Conant

User Pedon ID: S11ME003029.Conant

Vegetation Plot ID: S11ME003029.Conant

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - NSSL

Lab Pedon # - 12N7810

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50903

Print Date: 12/11/2024

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: 46.1411667

Std. Longitude: -67.9307778

Datum: WGS84

Township: Ludlow

Location Description: Near I-95 on the Ludlow Rd and Adams Rd intersection in the touwn of Ludlow.

Country: US—United States

State: Maine

County: ME003—Aroostook

MLRA: 146—Aroostook Area

Regional Office: NE—Northeast

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

PEDON

Describers Name: Matt Dorman

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Aquic 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 - Conant

Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Aquic Dystrudepts

PSC - 25 to 80 cm.

Classificaton Date - 11/16/2011

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - aquic

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: moderately well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 11/16/2011 (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	—	80 - 200	- 120 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon densic materials densic contact	0—40 40—80 80—200 80—200	—40— —40— —120— —120—

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	—	—	167	—	28	979	—	123	4.3	17.4	-9.9	—	—	—	—	—	171175	NWS Caribou	US Official

Ap1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; 16 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 -Coarse Throughout

Ap2—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 14 percent clay; moderate fine 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 flat very angular indurated 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots: Many Fine - Medium & Few Coarse Throughout

Bw—40 to 60 centimeters (15.7 to 23.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly loam; 14 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume flat very angular indurated 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 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 80 centimeters (23.6 to 31.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very channery loam; 14 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) masses of reduced iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat very angular strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume flat very angular indurated 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots: Few Very Fine Throughout

Cd—80 to 200 centimeters (31.5 to 78.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) channery channery loam; 20 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) masses of reduced iron throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat very angular strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume flat very angular indurated 2-100-150 millimeter shale, calcareous fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small