IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PENOBSCOT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S197 CORINTH
  • User Pedon ID: S2002ME019023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0647
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14850
  • 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: 45.0144463
  • Std. Longitude: -69.0661087
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: On Thomas farm (potatoes) in NE Corinth; 213' @ 90 degrees from beginning of pipeline across edge of field (along woods) on other side of road
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME019—Penobscot
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME612—Penobscot County, Maine, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45069-A1—Charleston, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DET, EED
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 23
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PENOBSCOT
  • Classificaton Date - 11/14/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum and/or till derived from phyllite
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/14/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9195-43
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 2
    • 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
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    3

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; 9 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Bw1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy loam; 7 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume flat 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 02N03253; observed in trench
    Bw2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; 13 percent clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 4 percent by volume nonflat 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03254; observed in trench
    Bw3—48 to 93 centimeters (18.9 to 36.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; 11 percent clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 02N03255; observed in trench
    Cr—93 to 103 centimeters (36.6 to 40.6 inches); fragments.; observed in trench
    R—103 centimeters (40.6 inches); fragments.; observed in trench