IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Easton

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1956ME019001

User Pedon ID: S1956ME019001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 40A0411

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32939

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: 46.1285553

Std. Longitude: -68.5654526

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Penobscot County, Maine. 2 miles north of Shin Pond on Route 159, about 200 feet west of the road just before the road curves to the south.

State: Maine

County: ME019—Penobscot

MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME614—Penobscot County, Maine

PEDON

Describers Name: R.A. Bither, K.V. Goodman, E.J. Pedersen, and W.H. Lyford.

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 1

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Easton

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, nonacid Typic Haplaquepts

PSC - 10 to 40 cm.

Classificaton Date - 7/16/1956

Moisture Class - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Drainage Class: poorly

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 7/16/1956 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

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
2	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 50 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03086

A12g—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) stony silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine mottles; weak coarse granular, and fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 50 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03087. Material has a rather characteristic very dark brown dull dirty color.

A2g—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; 3.0 roots; 0.0 pores; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4); 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03088. Each ped is coated gray with the interiors 2.5Y 4/4. Few fine brown spherical concretions.

B21g—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) crushed gravelly silty clay loam; 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine distinct mottles; strong very coarse angular blocky parts to fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots between peds; 0.0 pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03089. Very coarse prisms 12-18 inches apart occur and the prism faces are solid colored grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) bordered with yellowish brown (10YR 5/4 to 5/6). The grayish surfaces are silty clay, the interiors gravelly silty clay loam; less gravelly than horizon below.

B22g—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) crushed gravelly silty clay loam; 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine distinct mottles; strong very coarse angular blocky parts to fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots between peds; 0.0 pores; 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03090. Most of water coming from this horizon and most comes along polygon faces, some also along blocks, runs into holes constantly, about 2-4 gallons every five minutes in a 2 x 6 foot hole.

B31g—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly silty clay loam; 3 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) fine mottles; moderate medium platy structure; friable; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03091

B32g—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly silty clay loam; 3 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) fine mottles; moderate medium platy structure; friable; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03092

C1—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly silty clay loam; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) mottles; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 0.0 roots; 0.0 pores; 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03093. 8-12 inch size boulders occur at intervals of 2-3 feet, no running water in this horizon. Possibly on bedrock at 56 inches.