IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chesuncook
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977ME021002
  • User Pedon ID: S1977ME021002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977ME021002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4196
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40383
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 45.6305046
  • Std. Longitude: -69.5338211
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: TA R14; Lily Bay Township; 3.4 miles northeast of Greenville-Kokadjo Road on road to Stevens Point, 550 feet north of road at old yarding site
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME021—Piscataquis
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME620—Northern Piscataquis and Northern Somerset County Area, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Yeck, J. Ferwerda, R. Joslin, and T. Butler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chesuncook
  • PSC - 25 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHESUNCOOK
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately 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

    PIST

    Pinus strobus

    eastern white pine

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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

    16

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    368

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    150

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); 21.0 very fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A32028
    O2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); black (5YR 2/1); 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32029
    A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); light gray (5YR 7/1) silt loam; massive; very friable; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32030
    B21IR—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) silt loam; massive; very friable; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32031
    B22IR—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32032
    A'I—41 to 59 centimeters (16.1 to 23.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) gravelly silt loam; 1 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) medium faint mottles; moderate medium platy structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A32033
    C1X—59 to 110 centimeters (23.2 to 43.3 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) gravelly loam; 3 percent gray (N 6/0) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate and strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32034
    C2X—110 to 165 centimeters (43.3 to 65.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) gravelly loam; 3 percent gray (N 6/0) fine and medium distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.1 very fine roots; black (5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) coats; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A32035