IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): telos

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S08ME025001

User Pedon ID: S08ME025001.Telos

Vegetation Plot ID: S08ME025001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 09N0166

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24138

Print Date: 6/1/2024

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: 45.9561667

Std. Longitude: -70.1708611

Datum: WGS84

Township: 3

Range: 5

Location Description: ~ 250 FEET UP POST 6-30-1997 ROAD THAT IS SOUTH OF LEWISTON POND; OFF ROADCUT THAT FACES SOUTHWEST

Map Unit: 77C—Telos-Chesuncook association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony

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: 45070-H2—Penobscot Lake, Maine

PEDON

Describers Name: D.E. TURCOTTE / A.B. JENKINS

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, active, frigid, shallow Aquic Haplorthods

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - telos

PSC - 30 to 51 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/5/2012

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - TELOS

Classificaton Date - 7/22/2008

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: loamy lodgment till derived from metamorphic rock

Landscape: hills

Landform: drumlinoid ridge

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments: 0.50 percent nonflat subangular indurated 250- to 600-millimeter mixed,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 7/22/2008 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 9214-95

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

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ABBA ACPE ACSA3 BEAL2 COMA7 VILA11	Abies balsamea Acer pensylvanicum Acer saccharum Betula alleghaniensis Convallaria majalis Viburnum lantanoides	balsam fir striped maple sugar maple yellow birch European lily of the valley hobblebush	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material	very strongly coherent	51 -	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon sapric soil materials albic materials albic horizon spodic horizon cambic horizon aquic conditions redox depletions with chroma 2 or less redox concentrations densic materials densic contact	0—8 0—5 5—8 5—8 8—18 33—51 33—165 33—165 33—165 51—165 51—	—- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-

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	—	—	515	—	295	905	—	105	3.1	16.4	0.8	—	—	—	—	—	171472	Clayton Lake	US Official

Oa—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) crushed highly decomposed plant material; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; low excavation difficulty; ; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-375-600 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. MANY VERY FINE - VERY COARSE ROOTS

E—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam; 22 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; low excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume flat very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. MANY VERY FINE - COARSE ROOTS

Bs1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed gravelly silt loam; 33 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 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; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. MANY VERY FINE - COARSE ROOTS

Bs2—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed silt loam; 35 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume flat very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. MANY VERY FINE - COARSE ROOTS

BC—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior gravelly loam; 46 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1 percent fine prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 1 percent medium faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 10 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume flat very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. COMMON FINE - COARSE ROOTS

Cdg—51 to 165 centimeters (20.1 to 65.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face gravelly silt loam; 32 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 17 percent clay; structureless massive; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; high excavation difficulty; 5 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 3 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 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in cut