IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Becket
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976ME031002
  • User Pedon ID: S1976ME031002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976ME031002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1205
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34814
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 43.7452393
  • Std. Longitude: -70.7638855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: town of Limerick, .8 miles north of Emery's Corner, 800 feet north on logging road from the Sawyer Mountain Road and 300 feet west of the road
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME031—York
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME031—York County, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Flewelling, J. Miller, R. Joslin, D. Nettleton, R. Rourke, and D. Peschel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Becket
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BECKET
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1976 (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

    CIRSI

    VERBA

    Cirsium

    Verbascum

    thistle

    mullein

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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

    18

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    213

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    270

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A09153
    O21—2 to 4 centimeters (0.8 to 1.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3); massive; very friable; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09154
    O22—4 to 5 centimeters (1.6 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1); weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09155
    A2—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09156
    B21IR—11 to 19 centimeters (4.3 to 7.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09157
    B22—19 to 29 centimeters (7.5 to 11.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09158
    B23—29 to 46 centimeters (11.4 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09159
    B3—46 to 65 centimeters (18.1 to 25.6 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak very thick platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine to coarse roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09160
    C1X—65 to 135 centimeters (25.6 to 53.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) gravelly sandy loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) coarse distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; massive; firm; 0.5 coarse roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09161
    C2X—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) gravelly sandy loam; moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A09162