IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chesuncook

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S07ME025002.Chesuncook

User Pedon ID: S07ME025002.Chesuncook

Vegetation Plot ID: S07ME025002.Chesuncook

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 08N0131

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19638

Print Date: 6/3/2024

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: 46.0549444

Std. Longitude: -69.9193611

Datum: WGS84

Township: 5

Range: 17

Location Description: T5R17, Photo 9203-92

Map Unit: 76C—Telos-Chesuncook-Ragmuff association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, rocky

Country: US—United States

State: Maine

County: ME025—Somerset

MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains

Regional Office: NE—Northeast

MLRA Soil Survey Area: 12-7—Presque Isle, Maine

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME620—Northern Piscataquis and Northern Somerset County Area, Maine

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46069-A8—Saint John Ponds, Maine

PEDON

Describers Name: Anna Kettell

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

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Chesuncook

PSC - 30 to 61 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/18/2011

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Chesuncook

Classificaton Date - 9/6/2007

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:

Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree

Forest Understory Veg. Type - perennial forbs or herbaceous

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: coarse-loamy lodgment till derived from metamorphic rock

Landscape: upland

Landform: hill

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: concave

Drainage Class: moderately well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 250- to 600-millimeter mixed,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/6/2007 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 9203-92

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Microrelief Kind: microhigh

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

Current Air Temp - 18

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
2MOSS ACPE ACRU ACSA3 IMBI2 VIBUR	— Acer pensylvanicum Acer rubrum Acer saccharum Impatiens biflora Viburnum	Moss striped maple red maple sugar maple — viburnum	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material	noncoherent	61 -	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
sapric soil materials hemic soil materials albic horizon spodic horizon cambic horizon redox concentrations redox depletions with chroma 2 or less densic contact	0—3 3—5 5—13 13—48 28—61 48—165 61—165 61—	—- —- —5— —- —- —- —- —-

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
14	—	—	494	—	90	905	—	105	3.1	16.4	0.8	—	—	—	—	—	171472	Clayton Lake	US Official

Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed slightly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00876; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Oe—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) crushed moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00877; moist when described; observed in pit, small

E—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); light gray (7.5YR 7/1) interior loam; 44 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00878; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bs1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed loam; 34 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 21 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 7 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00879; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bs2—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed loam; 48 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 13 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume flat very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 7 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00880; moist when described; observed in pit, small

BC—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior cobbly loam; 42 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent medium faint ; 5 percent by volume flat very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00881; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cd1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); 89 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face gravelly loam; 35 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 17 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent medium faint light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 6 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume flat very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00882; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cd2—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); 72 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) broken face gravelly loam; 33 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 21 percent clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent medium distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 20 percent medium and coarse distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; 10 percent by volume flat very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 08N00883; moist when described; observed in pit, small