IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rawsonville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000ME025001
  • User Pedon ID: S2000ME025001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000ME025001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0069
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12960
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 45.5341682
  • Std. Longitude: -70.4180527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME025—Somerset
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45070-E4—Holeb, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M.J. Kimble, Gary Hedstrom, Wayne Hoar, Joyce Scheyer
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rawsonville
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, isotic Typic Haplohumods
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2000
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: knoll
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/2/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 175-56
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    ACPE

    CHIMA

    PICEA

    VILA11

    Abies

    Acer pensylvanicum

    Chimaphila

    Picea

    Viburnum lantanoides

    fir

    striped maple

    prince's pine

    spruce

    hobblebush

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    0—0

    0—0

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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

    4

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    1409

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    180

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    21

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    10

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    Oa—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00336. charcoal in Oa mat.
    E—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 25.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00337
    Bhs1—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); black (7.5YR 2/1) very fine sandy loam; weak very fine, and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 31.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00338
    Bh—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 15.0 medium roots throughout and 24.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00339
    Bs1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 8.0 medium roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very coarse and 2.0 coarse pores; 10 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00340
    Bs2—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 coarse pores; 18 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00341
    BC—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 27 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00342
    R—74 centimeters (29.1 inches); fragments.