IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Searsport
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009ME003008
  • User Pedon ID: S2009ME003008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09ME003008.Searsport
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0312
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28236
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024
  • 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: 46.8981111
  • Std. Longitude: -69.5695833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14
  • Range: 14
  • Location Description: From Maibec, Escourt road turn left at the Dam Pond.
  • Map Unit: 4A—Kinsman-Searsport association, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME003—Aroostook
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-STJ—Saint Johnsbury, Vermont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME621—Western Aroostook County Area, Maine
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46069-H5—Ninemile Deadwater, Maine
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nick Butler, Carl Bickford, and Greg Granger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, frigid Histic Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Searsport
  • PSC - 53 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Searsport
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree
  • Forest Understory Veg. Type - perennial forbs or herbaceous
  • Hydric: yes


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for long periods
  • Ponding: occasional ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    THOC2

    Thuja occidentalis

    arborvitae

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

    histic epipedon

    fibric soil materials

    hemic soil materials

    aquic conditions

    sapric soil materials

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—28

    0—10

    10—20

    10—165

    20—28

    90—112

    90—112

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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

    352

    270

    905

    105

    3.1

    16.4

    0.8

    171472

    Clayton Lake

    U.S. Official

    Oi—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face slightly decomposed plant material; weak very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; observed in auger, bucket. Roots; common very fine-medium throughout
    Oe—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; weak very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; observed in auger, bucket. Roots; common very fine-medium throughout
    Oa—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) broken face highly decomposed plant material; weak very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; observed in auger, bucket. Roots; common very fine-medium throughout
    Cg1—28 to 90 centimeters (11.0 to 35.4 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face fine sand; 93 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 3 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg2—90 to 112 centimeters (35.4 to 44.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face fine sand; 89 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 3 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg3—112 to 165 centimeters (44.1 to 65.0 inches); 75 percent greenish gray (10Y 5/1) broken face and 25 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face fine sand; 92 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter.; observed in auger, bucket