IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Biddeford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962ME005005
  • User Pedon ID: S1962ME005005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962ME005005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5216
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42463
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 43.5970274
  • Std. Longitude: -70.3364381
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Scarboro Township, Cumberland County, Maine; 0.8 km N of Oak Hill and 17 meters W of center of State Route 114.
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME005—Cumberland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME005—Cumberland County and Part of Oxford County, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Biddeford
  • PSC - 40 to 90 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Biddeford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, nonacid, mesic Umbric Ochraqualfs
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: marine deposits derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    O

    Eg

    Bt

    Btg1

    Btg2

    Cg

    0

    30

    40

    55

    88

    114

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    6.8
    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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    0

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    55

    88

    114

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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 %

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    Cg

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    88

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

    CAREX

    PHAR3

    Carex

    Phalaris arundinacea

    sedge

    reed canarygrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    histic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    0—152

    30—40

    40—114

    —30—

    —152—

    —10—

    —74—
    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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    O—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) muck; weak very fine granular structure; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39198
    Eg—30 to 40 centimeters (11.8 to 15.7 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39199
    Bt—40 to 55 centimeters (15.7 to 21.7 inches); olive (5Y 4/4) silty clay; brown (7.5YR 4/4) mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium structure; firm, moderately sticky; olive gray (5Y 5/2) coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39200. continuous - phpvsfiid 1397690; continuous - phpvsfiid 1397690
    Btg1—55 to 88 centimeters (21.7 to 34.6 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39201. continuous - phpvsfiid 1397692; continuous - phpvsfiid 1397692
    Btg2—88 to 114 centimeters (34.6 to 44.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39202. continuous - phpvsfiid 1397689; continuous - phpvsfiid 1397689
    Cg—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; coats on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A39203. continuous - phpvsfiid 1397691; continuous - phpvsfiid 1397691