IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hermon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977ME019001
  • User Pedon ID: S1977ME019001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977ME019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4197
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40384
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 45.6888351
  • Std. Longitude: -68.7001801
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Indian Purchase Township; .25 miles south of Indian Purchase; T1 R8 line on the Millinocket-Baxter State Park road, 100 feet south of road
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME019—Penobscot
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME614—Penobscot County, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Yeck, J. Ferwerda, r. Joslin, and B. Grisi
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hermon
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HERMON
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/1977 (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

    ABBA

    FAGUS

    TSUGA

    Abies balsamea

    Fagus

    Tsuga

    balsam fir

    beech

    hemlock

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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

    6

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    184

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    310

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    O2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (5YR 2/1); friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A32036
    A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); light gray (5YR 7/1) sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A32037
    B21IR—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32038
    B22—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32039
    Bh—33 to 39 centimeters (13.0 to 15.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary.
    B'H—42 to 54 centimeters (16.5 to 21.3 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A32042. Horizon observed to the side of the described area.
    B3—46 to 86 centimeters (18.1 to 33.9 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) loamy coarse sand; 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; massive; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots in cracks; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32040
    C—86 to 157 centimeters (33.9 to 61.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) sandy loam; single grain; loose; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A32041