IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Telos
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: ME-58-09-019-05
  • User Pedon ID: ME-58-09-019-05
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0412
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32940
  • 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: 44.8571111
  • Std. Longitude: -69.2809722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lloyd Littlefield orchard 4 miles north of Newport on Rt. 7. Pit is in depression on south end of new orchard east of road. The profile is from part of the same glacial ridge on which a Bangor and a Dixmont characterization sample is located.
  • Map Unit: KeB—Kenduskeag silt loam, 3 to 8 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44069-H3—Corinna, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Goodman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, frigid, shallow Aeric Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Telos
  • PSC - 25 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/1958
  • Classifier - DET
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9209-23
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop trees
  • 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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    46 - 132

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

    aquic conditions

    densic contact

    20—132

    46—

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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

    3

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots throughout; 14 percent by volume subangular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) broken face silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots throughout; pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 14 percent by volume subangular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face silt loam; 11 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; very firm; 6.0 fine roots throughout; distinct gray (5Y 6/1), moist, on all faces of peds; 2.5Y 5/0 (2.5Y 5/0), moist, iron depletions; 14 percent by volume subangular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd1—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) broken face gravelly silt loam; 13 percent clay; strong medium platy structure; extremely firm; 0.9 fine roots throughout; distinct gray (5Y 6/1), moist, on all faces of peds; 2.5Y 3/4 (2.5Y 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 25 percent by volume subangular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd2—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) broken face silt loam; 11 percent clay; strong fine platy structure; very firm; 0.9 fine roots throughout; distinct gray (5Y 6/1), moist, on all faces of peds; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 2.5Y 3/4 (2.5Y 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 25 percent by volume subangular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd3—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) broken face very gravelly silt loam; 11 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; extremely firm; distinct gray (5Y 6/1), moist, on all faces of peds; 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 45 percent by volume subangular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd4—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face very gravelly silt loam; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions; 35 percent by volume subangular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in pit, small