IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bucksport
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2017ME029007
  • User Pedon ID: S2017ME029007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0590
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • 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: 45.2830000
  • Std. Longitude: -67.6127500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME029—Washington
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-DFX—Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME617—Washington County Area, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: NB, TJ
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, frigid Typic Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bucksport
  • Taxonomic Class - Euic, frigid Typic Haplosaprists
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 0 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/2017
  • Classifier - NB, TJ
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: organic material
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/30/2017 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    hemic soil materials

    histic epipedon

    0—81

    0—35

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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
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    Oe1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dusky red (7.5R 3/2) rubbed mucky peat; structureless massive; very friable; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N03040; wet, satiated when described; observed in macaulay sampler
    Oe2—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed mucky peat; structureless massive; very friable; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N03041; wet, satiated when described; observed in macaulay sampler
    Oe3—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed mucky peat; structureless massive; very friable; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume wood fragments. Lab sample # 17N03042; wet, satiated when described; observed in macaulay sampler