IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Roundabout

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S09ME021002.Roundabout

User Pedon ID: S09ME021002.Roundabout

Vegetation Plot ID: S09ME021002.Roundabout

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - NSSL

Lab Pedon # - 10N0318

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28242

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: 45.9282778

Std. Longitude: -69.6322500

Datum: WGS84

Township: 3

Range: 15

Location Description: Golden Road right before Russell Stream old road on left.

Map Unit: 16XA—Roundabout-Wonsqueak association, 0 to 3 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: Maine

County: ME021—Piscataquis

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: 45069-H7—Seboomook Lake East, Maine

PEDON

Describers Name: T. Jenkins, M. Kimble, N. Butler, and C. Bickford

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, frigid Aeric Epiaquepts

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Roundabout

PSC - 40 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/3/2011

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Roundabout

Classificaton Date - 8/26/2009

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: coarse-silty glaciolacustrine deposits

Landscape: alluvial plain remnant

Landform: terrace

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread

Hill Slope Profile: toeslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: concave

Drainage Class: poorly

Flooding: frequent flooding

Ponding: frequent ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/26/2009 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID:

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 -

Current Weather - sunny

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
2MOSS ABBA ACRU PIMA THOC2 TRILL	— Abies balsamea Acer rubrum Picea mariana Thuja occidentalis Trillium	Moss balsam fir red maple black spruce arborvitae trillium	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
hemic soil materials ochric epipedon sapric soil materials cambic horizon aquic conditions	0—7 0—27 7—15 15—102 15—165	—7— —27— —8— —87— —150—

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
1	—	—	311	—	225	905	—	105	3.1	16.4	0.8	—	—	—	—	—	171472	Clayton Lake	U.S. Official

Oe—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; many very fine-coarse throughout

Oa—7 to 15 centimeters (2.8 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) broken face highly decomposed plant material; 26 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 27 percent clay; weak fine granular parts to weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; many very fine-coarse throughout

Bg1—15 to 27 centimeters (5.9 to 10.6 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) broken face silt; 13 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 2 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium faint noncoherent cemented olive (5Y 4/3), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots; few very fine and fine throughout

Bg2—27 to 50 centimeters (10.6 to 19.7 inches); greenish gray (10Y 5/1) broken face silt; 9 percent sand; 83 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented olive (5Y 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bg3—50 to 72 centimeters (19.7 to 28.3 inches); greenish gray (10Y 5/1) broken face silt; 2 percent sand; 87 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented olive (5Y 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 20 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small

BC—72 to 102 centimeters (28.3 to 40.2 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) broken face silt; 25 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 30 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented greenish gray (10Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cg1—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 4/1) broken face silt; 14 percent sand; 78 percent silt; 8 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent coarse prominent noncoherent cemented olive (5Y 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 5 percent fine prominent noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cg2—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 4/1) broken face silt loam; 1 percent sand; 89 percent silt; 10 percent clay; structureless massive; nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small