IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Monarda
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1958ME019001
User Pedon ID:
1958ME019001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
Lincoln
Lab Pedon # -
40A0413
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
32941
Print Date:
5/19/2024
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:
44.9000630
Std. Longitude:
-69.2828247
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
2 miles southwest of Corinna on back road to Newport on Tuttle Farm. Pit is in pasture opposite house within 50 yards of the road on its east side.
Map Unit:
MoA—Monarda gravelly silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
Country:
US—United States
State:
Maine
County:
ME019—Penobscot
MLRA:
144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
Regional Office:
NE—Northeast
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NE-DFX—Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
ME612—Penobscot County, Maine, Southern Part
PEDON
Describers Name:
Goodman
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, frigid, shallow Aeric Epiaquepts
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
taxadjunct to the series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Pedon #:
1
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Monarda
PSC -
25 to 38 cm.
Classificaton Date -
4/8/2016
Classifier -
SSOL
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
aquic
Moisture Subclass -
aeric
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Monarda
Classificaton Date -
9/3/1958
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
lodgment till derived from metamorphic rock
Landform:
till plain
Drainage Class:
poorly
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/3/1958 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
9209-25
Surface Water Kind:
none observed
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
pastureland, tame
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
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38 - 157
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Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
aquic conditions
ochric epipedon
densic materials
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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
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Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly silt loam; 31 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 roots throughout; ; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03101; moist when described; observed in pit, small
Bg—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) stratified gravelly silt loam; 29 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; friable; 5.0 roots throughout; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03102; moist when described; observed in pit, small
BC—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) gravelly silt loam; 29 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 16 percent clay; strong thin platy structure; firm; 0.7 roots throughout; faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
Cdg1—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) gravelly silt loam; 33 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 15 percent clay; strong medium platy structure; extremely firm; 0.3 roots throughout; prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and prominent red (10R 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded noncoherent cemented 2-12-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
Cdg2—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) gravelly silt loam; 32 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 14 percent clay; strong medium platy structure; extremely firm; ; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded noncoherent cemented 2-12-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
Cd3—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/4) and pale olive (5Y 6/4) very gravelly silt loam; 34 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; very firm; distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
Cd4—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/4) and pale olive (5Y 6/4) very gravelly silt loam; 33 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; firm; prominent masses of oxidized iron; 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9.; moist when described; observed in pit, small