IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Conant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958ME003004
  • User Pedon ID: S1958ME003004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958ME003004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0402
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32930
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 46.7943840
  • Std. Longitude: -67.9270859
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine. Three-tenths of a mile east of Green Ridge school, 150 feet north of road. Exact location shown on field sheet, photograph AHZ-29-1
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME003—Aroostook
  • MLRA: 146—Aroostook Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME607—Aroostook County, Maine, Northeastern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.J. Pedersen, Bob Dever, Joe Kubota, Roy Bither, Bryce McEwen and John R. Arno.
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Conant
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Entic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 10 to 17 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/8/1958
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/8/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    SOLID

    Solidago

    goldenrod

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    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

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03024
    B2—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine gravelly silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A03025
    A'2g—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine mottles; weak coarse platy structure; friable; 18 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A03026
    B'21gm—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and 21 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) coarse mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A03027
    B'22gm—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay loam; 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/ coarse and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; manganese or iron-manganese stains in root channels and/or pores and silt coats on all faces of peds; 18 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03028
    B'23g—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/ fine mottles; massive parts to weak platy; very firm, slightly plastic; 1 percent clay films on rock fragments; 18 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03029
    B'24—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine gravelly silty clay loam; massive parts to weak fine platy; friable; 1 percent clay films on rock fragments; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03030
    C1—124 to 163 centimeters (48.8 to 64.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam, silty clay loam; massive parts to weak coarse platy; firm; 1 percent clay films on rock fragments; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03031
    C2—163 to 175 centimeters (64.2 to 68.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter shale, calcareous fragments. Lab sample # 40A03032
    C3—175 to 185 centimeters (68.9 to 72.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter shale, calcareous fragments. Lab sample # 40A03033
    C4—185 to 201 centimeters (72.8 to 79.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter shale, calcareous fragments. Lab sample # 40A03034