IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chesuncook
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010ME019001
  • User Pedon ID: S10ME019001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10ME019001.Chesuncook
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N8704
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50918
  • 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: 44.6772778
  • Std. Longitude: -69.0263056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Pit located 0.14 miles @217degrees from Dahlia Farm Rd., 2000 feet from junction of Kennebec Rd and Dahlia Farm Rd.
  • Map Unit: TRB—Telos-Chesuncook-Ragmuff association, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME019—Penobscot
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-DFX—Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME612—Penobscot County, Maine, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44069-F1—East Dixmont, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.E.Evon/D.E.Turcotte
  • 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 - Chesuncook
  • PSC - 25 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2016
  • Classifier - SSOL
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chesuncook
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Aquic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy lodgment till derived from metasedimentary rock
  • Landscape: glaciated upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent nonflat subrounded 2- to 76-millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified, 0.05 percent nonflat subrounded 2- to 76-millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9211-81
  • 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 Weather - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 50
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACSA3

    BEAL2

    FAGR

    PIST

    TSCA

    Acer saccharum

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Fagus grandifolia

    Pinus strobus

    Tsuga canadensis

    sugar maple

    yellow birch

    American beech

    eastern white pine

    eastern hemlock

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

    densic material

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    58 - 165

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

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    densic materials

    5—13

    13—46

    58—165

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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

    5

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    112.8

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    90

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) moderately decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 6 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots; 2.0 medium pores; 5 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots; 2.0 medium pores; 5 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—18 to 27 centimeters (7.1 to 10.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) gravelly silt loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 medium pores; 5 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs3—27 to 46 centimeters (10.6 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) cobbly silt loam; 9 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 2.0 medium pores; 5 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC1—46 to 53 centimeters (18.1 to 20.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) cobbly silt loam; 8 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 5.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-10 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC2—53 to 58 centimeters (20.9 to 22.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) cobbly silt loam; 8 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 5.0 medium pores; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron around rock fragments; 5 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd1—58 to 96 centimeters (22.8 to 37.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) cobbly loam; 12 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots in cracks and 0.1 fine roots in cracks; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron around rock fragments and 1 percent fine distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd2—96 to 165 centimeters (37.8 to 65.0 inches); 70 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and 30 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3) cobbly loam; 13 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent fine distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions throughout; 5 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in pit, small