IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scantic
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976ME009001
  • User Pedon ID: S1976ME009001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976ME009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1281
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34890
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 44.4327240
  • Std. Longitude: -68.3715744
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: town of Trenton; fifty feet south of Maine Route 230 and .9 miles west of junction of Maine Route 3
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME009—Hancock
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME611—Hancock County Area, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. V. Rourke, D. O. Clark, and K. J. LaFlamme
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, nonacid, frigid Aeric Haplaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Scantic
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SCANTIC
  • Classificaton Date - 9/7/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/7/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ALNUS

    PIGL

    Alnus

    Picea glauca

    alder

    white spruce

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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
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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; 1 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine distinct and 3 percent reddish gray (5YR 5/2) coarse prominent mottles; strong very fine and fine granular, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09735
    AP2—18 to 24 centimeters (7.1 to 9.4 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 1 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; strong very fine and fine granular, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09736
    B21G—24 to 45 centimeters (9.4 to 17.7 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior silt loam; 3 percent gray (5Y 6/1) medium faint and 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09737
    B22G—45 to 61 centimeters (17.7 to 24.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium distinct mottles; weak thin platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09738
    B23G—61 to 87 centimeters (24.0 to 34.3 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silty clay; 3 percent gray (5Y 5/1) coarse distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 75 percent black (5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09739
    C—87 to 100 centimeters (34.3 to 39.4 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silty clay; 3 percent gray (5Y 5/1) coarse distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent black (5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09740