IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ragmuff

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2017ME029023

User Pedon ID: S2017ME029023

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 18N0176

User Project ID: 2017-2018-2019-DFX

Project Name: MLRA 143 - Tribal Land Watershed Sampling Project

Print Date: 12/6/2025

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: 45.2734444

Std. Longitude: -67.5870833

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Indian Twp. off of the Telephone Road

Map Unit: CHD—Chesuncook-Telos association, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony

Country: US—United States

State: Maine

County: ME029—Washington

MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains

Regional Office: NE—Northeast

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-STJ—Saint Johnsbury, Vermont

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME622—Northern Hancock and Western Washington County Area, Maine

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45067-B3—Calais, Maine

PEDON

Describers Name: Nick Butler

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Aquic Haplorthods

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Ragmuff

Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Aquic Haplorthods

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 32 to 58 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/12/2017

Classifier - Nick Butler

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: lodgment till

Landscape: upland

Landform: ground moraine

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Complexity: complex

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: moderately well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: indurated metasedimentary rock, unspecified at 63cm

Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 250- to 600-millimeter mixed,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/30/2017 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: Nick Butler

Air Photo ID: 9192-135

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

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material bedrock, lithic	weakly coherent indurated	58 - 63 63 - 165	- 5 - - 102 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon albic horizon spodic horizon redox concentrations redox depletions with chroma 2 or less densic contact lithic contact	0—13 7—13 13—49 49—63 49—63 58—63 63—165	—13— —6— —36— —14— —14— —5— —102—

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
6	—	—	85	—	270	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face slightly decomposed plant material; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01283; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Oe—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01284; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Oa—5 to 7 centimeters (2.0 to 2.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face highly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01285; moist when described; observed in pit, small

E—7 to 13 centimeters (2.8 to 5.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 18N01286; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bs1—13 to 27 centimeters (5.1 to 10.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-135-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01287; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bs2—27 to 49 centimeters (10.6 to 19.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) crushed gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-135-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01288; moist when described; observed in pit, small

BC—49 to 58 centimeters (19.3 to 22.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-135-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01289; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cd—58 to 63 centimeters (22.8 to 24.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face gravelly silt loam; massive; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; semideformable; 5 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-135-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01290; moist when described; observed in pit, small

R—63 to 165 centimeters (24.8 to 65.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small