IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MASARDIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977ME021001
  • User Pedon ID: S1977ME021001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977ME021001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4195
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40382
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 45.4068947
  • Std. Longitude: -69.6963348
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: T3 R5; Little Squaw Township; 6.4 miles southwest of Greenville Junction on logging road, 50 feet east of road
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME021—Piscataquis
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME615—Piscataquis County, Maine, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Yeck, J. Ferwerda, R. Joslin, and T. Butler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MASARDIS
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MASARDIS
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/1977 (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

    ABIES

    PICEA

    Abies

    Picea

    fir

    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    32

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    363

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    255

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    O21—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); black (5YR 2/1); strong fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32020
    O22—7 to 13 centimeters (2.8 to 5.1 inches); black (5YR 2/1); strong very fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32021
    A2—13 to 16 centimeters (5.1 to 6.3 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; gravelly silt loam; massive; very friable; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32022
    B21H—16 to 18 centimeters (6.3 to 7.1 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) very gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A32023
    B22IR—18 to 31 centimeters (7.1 to 12.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) very gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32024
    B23IR—31 to 43 centimeters (12.2 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32025
    C1—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32026. C horizons have areas that are cemented and tongues of yellowish red (5YR 5/6).
    C2—66 to 165 centimeters (26.0 to 65.0 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A32027