IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ricker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S10ME021001
  • User Pedon ID: S10ME021001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N8706
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50920
  • 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: 45.9251389
  • Std. Longitude: -68.9101389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Off Hamlin Ridge on Mt. Katahdin
  • 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: 45068-H8—Mount Katahdin, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tony Jenkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Dysic Lithic Cryofolists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ricker
  • PSC - 0 to 39 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/5/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ricker
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: organic material
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: indurated granite at 39cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    39 -

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

    folistic epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    albic horizon

    albic materials

    spodic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—29

    0—10

    10—29

    29—32

    29—32

    32—39

    39—

    —29—

    —10—

    —19—

    —3—

    —3—

    —7—

    —-
    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

    55

    —

    —

    —

    —

    140

    905

    —

    100

    3.1

    16.4

    0.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    171472

    Clayton Lake

    U.S. Official
    Oe—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) moderately decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oa—10 to 29 centimeters (3.9 to 11.4 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) highly decomposed plant material; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, hellige-truog.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—29 to 32 centimeters (11.4 to 12.6 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) sandy loam; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter granite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—32 to 39 centimeters (12.6 to 15.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    R—39 centimeters (15.4 inches); extremely strong, indurated; high toughness; extremely high excavation difficulty; fragments.