IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Skerry
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09ME021010.Skerry
  • User Pedon ID: S09ME021010.Skerry
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09ME021010.Skerry
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0326
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28250
  • 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: 45.6396389
  • Std. Longitude: -98.9932222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: A
  • Range: 10
  • Location Description: Jo-Mary road 1st road on right. new roads to the North. Near Cooper Pond.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME021—Piscataquis
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 12-7—Presque Isle, Maine
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME620—Northern Piscataquis and Northern Somerset County Area, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tony Jenkins
  • 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: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Skerry
  • PSC - 33 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/13/2017
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Skerry
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/2009
  • 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
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 600- to 2400-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/22/2009 (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 - snow
  • Current Air Temp - -1
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABBA

    PIRE

    PIST

    Abies balsamea

    Pinus resinosa

    Pinus strobus

    balsam fir

    red pine

    eastern white pine

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

    densic material

    weakly coherent

    88 -

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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

    densic materials

    densic contact

    0—8

    0—14

    8—14

    8—14

    14—65

    65—165

    88—165

    88—165

    —8—

    —14—

    —6—

    —6—

    —51—

    —100—

    —77—

    —77—
    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

    5

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    —

    175

    —

    320

    905

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    105

    3.1

    16.4

    0.8

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    171472

    Clayton Lake

    U.S. Official
    Oe—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 600-800-1200 millimeter granite fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Roots; many very fine-very coarse throughout
    E—8 to 14 centimeters (3.1 to 5.5 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) broken face gravelly sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-300 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter granite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Roots; common very fine-very coarse throughout
    Bs1—14 to 31 centimeters (5.5 to 12.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) crushed gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-300 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Roots; many fine-coarse throughout
    Bs2—31 to 65 centimeters (12.2 to 25.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face gravelly coarse sandy loam; 73 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-300 millimeter granite fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Roots; common fine and medium throughout
    BC—65 to 88 centimeters (25.6 to 34.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face cobbly coarse sandy loam; 67 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent distinct noncoherent cemented light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 5 percent distinct noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter granite fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Roots; few fine throughout
    Cd—88 to 165 centimeters (34.6 to 65.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) gravelly coarse sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 3 percent clay; structureless massive; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-300 millimeter granite fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry