IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kenduskeag
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: ME-02-08-019-38
  • User Pedon ID: ME-02-08-019-38
  • Vegetation Plot ID: ME-02-08-019-38
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0488
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14089
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 44.9814167
  • Std. Longitude: -69.0600278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Site is 800 feet south of Kenduskeag River and 1000 feet west of Bean's Hill Road, town of Corinth
  • Map Unit: WKB—Wassookeag-Kenduskeag complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME019—Penobscot
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME612—Penobscot County, Maine, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44069-H1—West Corinth, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DET/EED
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, subactive, frigid Aquic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenduskeag
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/10/2012
  • Classifier - SSOL
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenduskeag
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: basal till
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Waterville formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9195-80
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 32
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABBA

    ACSA3

    BEAL2

    FAGR

    FRAM2

    TSCA

    Abies balsamea

    Acer saccharum

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Fagus grandifolia

    Fraxinus americana

    Tsuga canadensis

    balsam fir

    sugar maple

    yellow birch

    American beech

    white ash

    eastern hemlock

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

    cambic horizon

    18—40

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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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    61

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    345

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    125

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments; - 1 - percent of the total horizon.; observed in pit, small
    A—2 to 18 centimeters (0.8 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face gravelly loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium granular, and moderate coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume ? to 150-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 20-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume ? to 15-? millimeter unspecified fragments; - 10 - percent of the total horizon; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—18 to 40 centimeters (7.1 to 15.7 inches); 94 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face gravelly loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, and 1 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, and 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist,; 10 percent by volume ? to 15-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 20-? millimeter unspecified fragments; - 14 - percent of the total horizon; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Secondary colors represent weathered fragments that are fine to medium in size.
    C1—40 to 60 centimeters (15.7 to 23.6 inches); 50 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face and 44 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) broken face and 2 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) broken face gravelly silt loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist,; 5 percent by volume ? to 20-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 15-? millimeter unspecified fragments; - 12 - percent of the total horizon; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Secondary colors represent weathered fragments that are fine to medium in size.
    C2—60 to 103 centimeters (23.6 to 40.6 inches); 72 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face and 5 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) broken face loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, and 4 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and 5 percent coarse faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist,; 10 percent by volume ? to 15-? millimeter unspecified fragments; - 27 - percent of the total horizon; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Secondary colors represent weathered fragments that are fine to medium in size.
    C3—103 to 160 centimeters (40.6 to 63.0 inches); 83 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face gravelly silt loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume ? to 20-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume ? to 150-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume ? to 15-? millimeter unspecified fragments; - 36 - percent of the total horizon.; moist when described; observed in pit, small