IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MASARDIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977ME027001
  • User Pedon ID: S1977ME027001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977ME027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4200
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40387
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 44.4307861
  • Std. Longitude: -69.2377167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: town of Montville; edge of gravel pit, 100 feet west of North Searsmont Road, .5 miles west of Searsmont-Montville line and about .5 miles north of Green Wood Cemetery
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME027—Waldo
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME027—Waldo County, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Yeck, R. Joslin, G. Hedstrom, D. Nelson, and D. Popp
  • 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 - 12/29/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MASARDIS
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    PICEA

    PIST

    TSUGA

    Picea

    Pinus strobus

    Tsuga

    spruce

    eastern white pine

    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

    1

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    93

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A32057
    A1—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A32058
    A2—11 to 21 centimeters (4.3 to 8.3 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) very fine sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A32059
    B21IR—21 to 36 centimeters (8.3 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) very fine sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32060
    B22—36 to 49 centimeters (14.2 to 19.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32061
    B3—49 to 84 centimeters (19.3 to 33.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; 50 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32062
    C—84 to 155 centimeters (33.1 to 61.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 50 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A32063