IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Biddeford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962ME005004
  • User Pedon ID: S1962ME005004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962ME005004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1276
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34885
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 43.5753617
  • Std. Longitude: -70.2781034
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Scarboro Township; 1.75 miles southeast of Pleasant Hill on State Route 77, 1 mile north of Higgins Beach; 850 feet west northwest of house owned by Starbird and Mitchell; follow road and trail on west side of open field continuing about 200 feet into woods
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME005—Cumberland
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME005—Cumberland County and Part of Oxford County, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. LaFlamme, J. S. Hardesty, S. Ross, E. J. Pedersen, D. Lewis, and W. Steputis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, nonacid, mesic Histic Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Biddeford
  • PSC - 55 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BIDDEFORD
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium over marine deposits
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 559-M6-17
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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    A

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    4

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    7.2
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Oa1

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PICEA

    Picea

    spruce

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
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    histic epipedon

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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

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    Oa1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (5YR 2/1) muck; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09696
    Oa2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) muck; weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09697
    Oa3—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); black (5YR 2/1) muck; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09698
    A—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) mucky clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09699
    Bg1—38 to 45 centimeters (15.0 to 17.7 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09700. continuous - phpvsfiid 1397677; continuous - phpvsfiid 1397677
    Bg2—45 to 53 centimeters (17.7 to 20.9 inches); greenish gray (5GY 6/1) silty clay loam; 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09701. continuous - phpvsfiid 1397678; continuous - phpvsfiid 1397678
    Bg3—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); greenish gray (5GY 6/1) silty clay loam; 21 percent olive (5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky; clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09702. continuous - phpvsfiid 1397679; continuous - phpvsfiid 1397679
    Bg4—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) silty clay; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A09703. continuous - phpvsfiid 1397680; continuous - phpvsfiid 1397680
    Bg5—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) silty clay; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; clay films and 10 percent black (5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09704. continuous - phpvsfiid 1397681; continuous - phpvsfiid 1397681
    Cg—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A09705. continuous - phpvsfiid 1397683; continuous - phpvsfiid 1397683