IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marlow
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987MA003002
  • User Pedon ID: 87MA003002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987MA003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0586
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59881
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 42.6477776
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0361099
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: North Adams Quad Berkshire County, MA: New State Rd 15 meters E of New State Rd, 1/10 km S of Savoy Florida Town Line.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA003—Berkshire
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hundley, S., Bodine, S., Gregnolati, M.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlow
  • PSC - 41 to 72 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2014
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlow
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACPE

    FAGR

    TSUGA

    Acer pensylvanicum

    Fagus grandifolia

    Tsuga

    striped maple

    American beech

    hemlock

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

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    61 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    densic contact

    0—24

    16—24

    24—61

    61—

    —24—

    —8—

    —37—

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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

    15

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    605

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    270

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) interior moderately decomposed plant material; 5.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03075. Partially decomposed vegetation native to area.; many fine roots; few coarse roots throughout
    Oa—5 to 16 centimeters (2.0 to 6.3 inches); black (N 2/0) interior highly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03076. Tonguing of Oa into E and upper Bhs.; common medium roots; few coarse roots throughout
    E—16 to 24 centimeters (6.3 to 9.4 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior gravelly loamy sand; 11 percent black (N 2/0) medium mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 16 percent by volume , 25 percent by weight 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03077. Lenses or pockets of Bhs material.; common fine roots; few coarse roots throughout; common medium N20 mottles
    Bhs—24 to 27 centimeters (9.4 to 10.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume , 7 percent by weight 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03078. Large boulder in center of pit. Very smeary, rotten hoosic schist about 36 cm.; few fine roots; few medium roots throughout
    Bs1—27 to 38 centimeters (10.6 to 15.0 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior and 40 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; weakly smeary; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent by volume , 30 percent by weight 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03079. few fine roots; few medium roots throughout
    Bs2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior and 40 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; weakly smeary; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots; 13 percent by volume , 20 percent by weight 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03080. few fine roots; few medium roots throughout
    Bs3—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); 50 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior and 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent by volume , 22 percent by weight 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03081. few fine roots throughout
    BC—61 to 72 centimeters (24.0 to 28.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 13 percent by volume , 20 percent by weight 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03082. few fine roots throughout
    Cd1—72 to 107 centimeters (28.3 to 42.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 11 percent by volume , 18 percent by weight 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03083
    Cd2—107 to 148 centimeters (42.1 to 58.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine mottles; massive; firm; 15 percent by volume , 22 percent by weight 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # 87P03084. common fine 7.5YR56 mottles