IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Marlow
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1956MA011005
User Pedon ID:
S1956MA011005
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A0444
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
32972
Print Date:
11/24/2024
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:
42.6533127
Std. Longitude:
-72.8231277
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Franklin County, Massachusetts. Riddell farm (Summerlin), Heath township. Sample taken in open field opposite cemetery entrance on the South Road.
State:
Massachusetts
County:
MA011—Franklin
MLRA:
144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MA011—Franklin County, Massachusetts
PEDON
Describers Name:
Edwood J. Pedersen, Steve Davidson, Fredrick A. Filios, Robert F. Reiske, Hermon U. Goodell, and William H. Coates.
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Humic Dystrudepts
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
5
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Marlow
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
12/17/2014
Classifier -
Roger DeKett
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Marlow
Classificaton Date -
10/3/1956
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/3/1956 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
row crop
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
cambic horizon
0—25
25—76
—25—
—51—
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
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Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03320
Bw—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03321
BC1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loam; weak medium platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03322. Clay flows evident in this horizon; occasional partially disintegrated lime-bearing rock found, (ghost).
BC2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) and olive (5Y 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; very friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03323. Clay flows evident on peds.
C—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03324. Clay flows evident on peds; clay flows less prominent than in B22; plates noticeably thinner than in B23; higher percentage of coarse skeleton than in horizons above.