IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kenduskeag
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010ME019002
  • User Pedon ID: S2010ME019002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10ME019002.Kenduskeag
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N8705
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50919
  • 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: 44.9830833
  • Std. Longitude: -69.1676667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 49 meters east of field that is north of Cider Hill Rd. and east of Hawk Hill Rd., and 65 meters north of Cider Hill Rd in the Town of Exeter
  • Map Unit: WKB—Wassookeag-Kenduskeag complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
  • 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: 44069-H2—Stetson, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David Turcotte/Bob Evon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, frigid Aquic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenduskeag
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2016
  • Classifier - SSOL
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenduskeag (flagged as OSD)
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, frigid Aquic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/2010
  • Classifier - D. E. Turcotte & R.E. Evon
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: subglacial till derived from metamorphic rock
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Waterville formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 0.80 percent nonflat subrounded 250- to 600-millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/22/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9200-112
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 50
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FRAM2

    ACSA3

    ARNU2

    THOC2

    ONSE

    FRAGA

    Fraxinus americana

    Acer saccharum

    Aralia nudicaulis

    Thuja occidentalis

    Onoclea sensibilis

    Fragaria

    white ash

    sugar maple

    wild sarsaparilla

    arborvitae

    sensitive fern

    strawberry

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—20

    20—78

    20—165

    —20—

    —58—

    —145—
    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

    2

    —

    —

    117

    —

    100

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 22 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 21 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 33 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 16 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 8 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume moderately coherent cemented 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—48 to 78 centimeters (18.9 to 30.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 32 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 16 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine distinct olive gray (5Y 5/2) iron depletions throughout and 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume flat angular moderately coherent cemented 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small. very friable remnants of highly weathered 1% medium gravel sized fine sand 10YR5/6
    BC—78 to 95 centimeters (30.7 to 37.4 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) gravelly silt loam; 35 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent medium faint olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 25 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume flat angular moderately coherent cemented 2-35-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume flat angular strongly coherent cemented 2-35-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—95 to 165 centimeters (37.4 to 65.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) parachannery silt loam; 28 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 17 percent clay; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 8 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 12 percent medium faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent coarse faint olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat angular very strongly coherent cemented 2-35-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat angular weakly coherent cemented 2-35-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small