Chesuncook soil and landscape
State Soil of Maine
The Chesuncook series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils on till plains, hills, ridges, and mountains. These soils formed in dense glacial till. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high or high in the solum, and low to moderately high in the dense substratum. Slope ranges from 3 to 45 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 4 degrees C, and mean annual precipitation is about 1092 mm at the type location.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Aquic Haplorthods
Thickness of the mineral solum ranges from 50 to 70 centimeters. Depth to bedrock is more than 165 centimeters. The weighted average of clay in the particle-size control section is 10 to 18 percent. Rock fragment content ranges from 5 to 25 percent in the A, E and B horizons, from 10 to 35 percent in the BC horizon, and from 10 to 35 percent in the Cd layer. Rock fragments are mainly gravel, with stones and cobbles ranging from 0 to 20 percent throughout the mineral soil. Stones and boulders cover from 0 to 15 percent of the surface. Reaction ranges from extremely acid to moderately acid in the solum and from very strongly acid to neutral in the substratum. Redoximorphic features are deeper than 41 centimeters from the mineral soil surface.
USE AND VEGETATION: Mostly forest. Common tree species include red maple, sugar maple, American beech, paper birch, yellow birch, red and white spruce, and balsam fir.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Maine and Vermont. MLRA's 143, 144B, and 146. The series is of large extent.
For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/C/CHESUNCOOK.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#chesuncook
Chesuncook soil and landscape
State Soil of Maine
The Chesuncook series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils on till plains, hills, ridges, and mountains. These soils formed in dense glacial till. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high or high in the solum, and low to moderately high in the dense substratum. Slope ranges from 3 to 45 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 4 degrees C, and mean annual precipitation is about 1092 mm at the type location.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Aquic Haplorthods
Thickness of the mineral solum ranges from 50 to 70 centimeters. Depth to bedrock is more than 165 centimeters. The weighted average of clay in the particle-size control section is 10 to 18 percent. Rock fragment content ranges from 5 to 25 percent in the A, E and B horizons, from 10 to 35 percent in the BC horizon, and from 10 to 35 percent in the Cd layer. Rock fragments are mainly gravel, with stones and cobbles ranging from 0 to 20 percent throughout the mineral soil. Stones and boulders cover from 0 to 15 percent of the surface. Reaction ranges from extremely acid to moderately acid in the solum and from very strongly acid to neutral in the substratum. Redoximorphic features are deeper than 41 centimeters from the mineral soil surface.
USE AND VEGETATION: Mostly forest. Common tree species include red maple, sugar maple, American beech, paper birch, yellow birch, red and white spruce, and balsam fir.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Maine and Vermont. MLRA's 143, 144B, and 146. The series is of large extent.
For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/C/CHESUNCOOK.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#chesuncook