IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scantic
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962ME005006
  • User Pedon ID: S1962ME005006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962ME005006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1277
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34886
  • 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: 43.6127396
  • Std. Longitude: -70.3997040
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Scarboro Township; .5 miles southeast of Holmes Road on Beech Ridge Road; 432 feet into field on Azimuth N 60 E. from point in center of road which is 210 feet southeast of New England Telephone and Telegraph Company pole #J78 and northwest of pole #60/76
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME005—Cumberland
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME005—Cumberland County and Part of Oxford County, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. LaFlamme, J. S. Hardesty, S. Ross, E. J. Pedersen, D. Lewis, and W. Steputis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, nonacid, frigid Aeric Haplaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Scantic
  • PSC - 33 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SCANTIC
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 559M6-100
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    POA

    SOLID

    Poa

    Solidago

    bluegrass

    goldenrod

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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

    1

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    24

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    90

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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09706
    A2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky; 3.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A09707
    B21G—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay; 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky; clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09708. continuous - phpvsfiid 202403; continuous - phpvsfiid 202403
    B22—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm, very sticky; black (5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09709. continuous - phpvsfiid 202410; continuous - phpvsfiid 202410
    B23—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) clay; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm, very sticky; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09710. continuous - phpvsfiid 199935; continuous - phpvsfiid 199935
    B3—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay; 1 percent olive (5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium platy structure; firm, very sticky; clay films on faces of peds and manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09711. continuous - phpvsfiid 199936; patchy - phpvsfiid 199937; continuous - phpvsfiid 199936; patchy - phpvsfiid 199937
    C1—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay; weak coarse platy structure; firm, very sticky; dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09712. continuous - phpvsfiid 199941; continuous - phpvsfiid 199941
    C2—122 to 165 centimeters (48.0 to 65.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) clay; moderate very coarse platy structure; firm, very sticky; dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A09713. continuous - phpvsfiid 199942; continuous - phpvsfiid 199942