IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brancroft
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976ME031009
  • User Pedon ID: S1976ME031009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1282
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34891
  • 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: 43.6450804
  • Std. Longitude: -70.5031086
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: town of Buxton, one thousand feet southwest of the Waterman Road that is about 1.5 miles southeast of Groveville, and 150 feet southeast of Carl Estes farm pond
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME031—York
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME031—York County, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Rourke, L. R. Flewelling, and K. J. LaFlamme
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brancroft
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/9/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SCIO
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: marine deposits
  • Landform: marine terrace
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09741
    Bw1—9 to 35 centimeters (3.5 to 13.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09742
    Bw2—35 to 48 centimeters (13.8 to 18.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09743
    Bw3—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silt loam; 3 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09744
    C—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; 3 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) coarse faint and 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) coarse distinct and 3 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09745
    Cg—86 to 92 centimeters (33.9 to 36.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; 3 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) coarse distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic parts to weak thin platy structure; 0.5 fine roots; 1.0 pores; 10 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09746
    C'—92 to 122 centimeters (36.2 to 48.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; 3 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) coarse faint and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; strong very coarse prismatic parts to weak thin platy structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09747
    C'g—122 to 130 centimeters (48.0 to 51.2 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and gray (5Y 6/1) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) coarse distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic parts to weak thin platy, and weak medium platy structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 10 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09748