IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brayton

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S11ME019001

User Pedon ID: S11ME019001

Vegetation Plot ID: S11ME019001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - NSSL

Lab Pedon # - 12N7813

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50906

Print Date: 2/17/2025

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: 44.9234167

Std. Longitude: -68.6833611

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Located in the DeWitt Experimental Forest at the University of Maine in Orono

Map Unit: BcB—Brayton-Colonel complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony

Country: US—United States

State: Maine

County: ME019—Penobscot

MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part

Regional Office: NE—Northeast

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-DFX—Dover-Foxcroft, Maine

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME612—Penobscot County, Maine, Southern Part

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44068-H6—Old Town, Maine

PEDON

Describers Name: Tony Jenkins

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, active, acid, frigid, shallow Aeric Endoaquepts

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Brayton

PSC - 28 to 50 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/1/2011

Classifier - DET

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: yes

SITE

Parent Material: lodgment till

Landform: till plain

Hill Slope Profile: toeslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent nonflat rounded indurated 251- to 600-millimeter mixed, 0.05 percent nonflat rounded indurated 251- to 600-millimeter mixed,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/1/2011 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 9207-30

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ABBA PIRU PIST	Abies balsamea Picea rubens Pinus strobus	balsam fir red spruce eastern white pine	— — —	— — —	overstory overstory overstory

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material	—	50 - 165	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon reduced matrix redox concentrations redox depletions with chroma 2 or less densic contact	0—8 8—50 22—165 22—165 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	—	—	40	—	12	1035	—	130	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 251-375-600 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench

A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face loam; 9 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 251-375-600 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench

Bg1—8 to 22 centimeters (3.1 to 8.7 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face fine sandy loam; 7 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 251-375-600 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench

Bg2—22 to 50 centimeters (8.7 to 19.7 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 15 percent medium and coarse faint gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout and 15 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 76-135-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume flat angular strongly cemented cemented 2-50-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench

Cd1—50 to 78 centimeters (19.7 to 30.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; weak thick platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots top of horizon; 15 percent fine and medium distinct masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 percent fine and medium prominent gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 3 percent by volume flat angular strongly cemented cemented 2-50-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench

Cd2—78 to 110 centimeters (30.7 to 43.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face loam; 11 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 20 percent fine and medium faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 30 percent fine and medium prominent gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 76-135-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume flat angular strongly cemented cemented 2-50-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench. Pockets of sl plates found in the Cd Horizon

Cd3—110 to 165 centimeters (43.3 to 65.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) broken face cobbly loam; 13 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 5 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 percent fine and medium distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 76-135-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume flat angular strongly cemented cemented 2-50-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in trench