Wells Reserve, Maine

Soil Types

A survey completed in 1982, showed the soils of the Reserve to consist of Sulfihemists-Upisanments association and the Naumberg-Crogham association with the Reserve primarily being composed of the Sulfihemists-Upisanments association. The Naumberg-Crogham association occurs along the western fringes of the Reserve and in a band just north of Eldridge Road.

Individual soil types in the Reserve include: Sulfihemists, Upisanments-Dune land complex, Naumberg sand, Croghan loamy sand, Sebago peat, Saco mucky silt loam, Adams loamy sand series, colton gravely loamy coarse sand series, Rumney loam, Lyman-rock outcrop complex, beaches consisting of sandy, gravely, cobbly coastal areas and, finally, local urban land with approximately 85% of the surface covered by urban structures.

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