IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Telos
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09ME003011.Daigle
  • User Pedon ID: S09ME003011.Daigle
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09ME003011.Daigle
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0315
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28239
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 46.7050000
  • Std. Longitude: -68.9685000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12
  • Range: 11
  • Location Description: 18 miles out the Rocky Brook road, turn left on the South Branch Road; `4 miles down there will be the 20 mile road. Go left there; 11 miles down the 20 mile road left and in ~2 miles. End of road on the right.
  • Map Unit: 376C—Daigle-Ragmuff-Perham association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, rocky
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME003—Aroostook
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME621—Western Aroostook County Area, Maine
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46069-F1—Upper McNally Pond, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MJK MGD AMM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, active, frigid, shallow Aquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Telos
  • PSC - 38 to 50 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Daigle
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: dense lodgement till
  • Landscape: hills
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: very rare flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/19/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: ponded
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    E

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    Cd

    Cd2

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    33

    46

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    E

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    10.2

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    E

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABBA

    Abies balsamea

    balsam fir

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

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    50 - 165

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

    hemic soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    albic materials

    spodic horizon

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    densic materials

    0—13

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    15—33

    33—165

    33—50

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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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    171472

    Clayton Lake

    U.S. Official
    Oe—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. Roots; many very fine-coarse throughout
    E—13 to 15 centimeters (5.1 to 5.9 inches); reddish gray (7.5R 6/1) silt loam; 34 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. Roots; many very fine-coarse throughout
    Bs—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 30 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. Roots; many very fine-coarse throughout
    Bw—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 37 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. Roots; many very fine-course throughout
    BC—46 to 50 centimeters (18.1 to 19.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silt loam; 39 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut. Roots; few fine throughout
    Cd—50 to 60 centimeters (19.7 to 23.6 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 39 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 13 percent clay; structureless massive; very firm; 25 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 25 percent coarse distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut
    Cd2—60 to 165 centimeters (23.6 to 65.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silty clay loam; 23 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 19 percent clay; structureless massive; very firm; 25 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 25 percent coarse distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in cut