IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nicholville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S11ME019002
  • User Pedon ID: S11ME019002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S11ME019002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7814
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50907
  • 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: 44.9234444
  • Std. Longitude: -68.6879167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Located in the DeWitt Experimental Forest at the University of Maine in Orono
  • Map Unit: NiC—Nicholville very fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • 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: 44068-H6—Old Town, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tony Jenkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Aquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nicholville
  • PSC - 34 to 109 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2016
  • Classifier - SSOL
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nicholville
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Aquic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 34 to 109 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landform: lake terrace
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.10 percent nonflat rounded 250- to 600-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9196-60
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABBA

    ACRU

    FAGR

    PIST

    Abies balsamea

    Acer rubrum

    Fagus grandifolia

    Pinus strobus

    balsam fir

    red maple

    American beech

    eastern white pine

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    overstory

    overstory

    overstory

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—18

    9—20

    20—45

    100—165

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    —-

    —-

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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

    8

    —

    —

    44

    —

    160

    1035

    —

    130

    6

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    —

    —

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face slightly decomposed plant material; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout; 3 percent by volume flat subangular 2-50-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Oa—2 to 9 centimeters (0.8 to 3.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face highly decomposed plant material; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout; 3 percent by volume flat subangular 2-50-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    E—9 to 20 centimeters (3.5 to 7.9 inches); gray (7.5YR 6/1) broken face sandy loam; 3 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout; 3 percent by volume flat subangular 2-50-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bs1—20 to 27 centimeters (7.9 to 10.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed very fine sandy loam; 4 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench. 5YR 3/3 discontinuous Bhs Horizon up to 5cm thick above the Bs1
    Bs2—27 to 45 centimeters (10.6 to 17.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face very fine sandy loam; 2 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    BC1—45 to 63 centimeters (17.7 to 24.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face fine sandy loam; 2 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench. Horizon has lenses of lfs
    BC2—63 to 100 centimeters (24.8 to 39.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face silt loam; 4 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent medium and coarse distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout and 7 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench. Horizon has lenses of lfs
    C1—100 to 118 centimeters (39.4 to 46.5 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) broken face loamy fine sand; 2 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent medium and coarse distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout and 10 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    C2—118 to 165 centimeters (46.5 to 65.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face silt loam; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 7 percent fine and medium distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in trench. Horizon is stratified with thin layers of lfs (8cm thick or less) that are 2.5Y 5/2 (One such horizon is from 131-139)