IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buxton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962ME005008
  • User Pedon ID: S1962ME005008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962ME005008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1279
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34888
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 43.6074600
  • Std. Longitude: -70.4024811
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Scarboro Township; 2.75 miles south southeast of North Scarboro on unnumbered macadam road connecting Holmes Road with Beech Ridge Road; 80 feet south 45 East Azimuth from N.E.T. and T. Co. pole #8; 70 feet from center of road
  • 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. Hardesty, E. J. Pedersen, S. Ross, D. Lewis, and w. Steputis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, nonacid, frigid Aquic Dystric Eutrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Buxton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buxton
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 559M6-100
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    DAUCU

    ELRE4

    SOLID

    Daucus

    Elymus repens

    Solidago

    wild carrot

    quackgrass

    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

    4

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    21

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    135

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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09721
    B2—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09722
    A'2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09723
    B'21—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay; 1 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09724
    B'22—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) clay; 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay films and 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09725. continuous - phpvsfiid 199944; continuous - phpvsfiid 199944
    B'3—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) clay; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; gray (5Y 5/1) clay films and 30 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09726. continuous - phpvsfiid 199946; continuous - phpvsfiid 199946
    C1—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; firm; greenish gray (5GY 5/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09727
    C2—124 to 165 centimeters (48.8 to 65.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; gray (5Y 5/1) clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A09728. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199952; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199952