IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nicholville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S11ME011001
  • User Pedon ID: S11ME011001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S11ME011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7812
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50905
  • 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: 44.5330556
  • Std. Longitude: -69.4191667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME011—Kennebec
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME011—Kennebec County, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Greg Granger and Nick Butler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, active, frigid Aquic Fragiudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nicholville
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, active, frigid Aquic Fragiudepts
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: lakebed
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/5/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABBA

    ACRU

    BEPA

    Abies balsamea

    Acer rubrum

    Betula papyrifera

    balsam fir

    red maple

    paper birch

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

    fragipan

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    38 - 60

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

    fragipan

    38—60

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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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    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) moderately decomposed plant material; weak very fine granular structure; very friable, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 7.0 coarse roots throughout and 5.0 roots; fragments.; observed in trench
    A—2 to 18 centimeters (0.8 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 very coarse roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 7.0 coarse roots throughout and 10.0 roots; fragments.; observed in trench
    Bw1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments.; observed in trench
    Bw2—38 to 60 centimeters (15.0 to 23.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments.; observed in trench
    2Bx—60 to 77 centimeters (23.6 to 30.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 15 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments.; observed in trench
    2C—77 to 165 centimeters (30.3 to 65.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately plastic; 0.2 very fine roots between peds; 5 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments.; observed in trench