IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marlow
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09ME021011.Marlow
  • User Pedon ID: S09ME021011.Marlow
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09ME021011.Marlow
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0327
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28251
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 45.6591944
  • Std. Longitude: -69.0757778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: A
  • Range: 10
  • Location Description: Jo-Mary rd, just before Henderson Check point on Left.
  • Map Unit: 53D—Dixfield-Marlow association, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very bouldery
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME021—Piscataquis
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 12-7—Presque Isle, Maine
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME620—Northern Piscataquis and Northern Somerset County Area, Maine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Jenkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlow
  • PSC - 34 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2014
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlow
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy lodgment till
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACSA3

    BEAL2

    FAGR

    PIRU

    Acer saccharum

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Fagus grandifolia

    Picea rubens

    sugar maple

    yellow birch

    American beech

    red spruce

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

    densic material

    weakly coherent

    86 -

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

    fibric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    sapric soil materials

    albic horizon

    albic materials

    spodic horizon

    densic materials

    redox concentrations

    0—2

    0—13

    2—9

    9—13

    9—13

    13—40

    86—165

    86—165

    —2—

    —13—

    —7—

    —4—

    —4—

    —27—

    —79—

    —79—
    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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    —

    372

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    90

    905

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    105

    3.1

    16.4

    0.8

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    171472

    Clayton Lake

    U.S. Official
    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face slightly decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-375-600 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Oa—2 to 9 centimeters (0.8 to 3.5 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face highly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-375-600 millimeter granite fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Roots; common very fine-very coarse throughout
    E—9 to 13 centimeters (3.5 to 5.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) broken face fine sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-300 millimeter mixed fragments and 8 percent by volume , 12 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; extremely acid, pH 3.9, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Roots; many very fine-very coarse throughout
    Bs1—13 to 22 centimeters (5.1 to 8.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed gravelly loam; 50 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-300 millimeter granite fragments and 13 percent by volume , 19 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Roots; common very fine-very coarse throughout
    Bs2—22 to 40 centimeters (8.7 to 15.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed gravelly sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-300 millimeter granite fragments and 17 percent by volume , 26 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Roots; common fine and medium throughout
    Bw—40 to 70 centimeters (15.7 to 27.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face gravelly coarse sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-300 millimeter granite fragments and 18 percent by volume , 28 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Roots; few fine throughout
    BC—70 to 86 centimeters (27.6 to 33.9 inches); 95 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face and 5 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face gravelly sandy loam; 54 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-300 millimeter granite fragments and 19 percent by volume , 29 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Roots; few fine throughout
    Cd1—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face gravelly sandy loam; 54 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak coarse platy structure; very firm; 1 percent medium distinct noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-300 millimeter granite fragments and 15 percent by volume , 24 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Cd2—122 to 165 centimeters (48.0 to 65.0 inches); gravelly sandy loam; 54 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak coarse platy structure; very firm; 2 percent coarse prominent noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-300 millimeter granite fragments and 22 percent by volume , 33 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry