IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marlow
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976VT015006
  • User Pedon ID: S1976VT015006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976VT015006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3948
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39593
  • Print Date: 5/6/2025

    • 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: 44.5886116
  • Std. Longitude: -72.3949966
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: town of Wolcott, 1 mile east of East Hill road on unnamed road in open field
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT015—Lamoille
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT015—Lamoille County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. L. Yost and R. D. Babcock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlow
  • PSC - 25 to 64 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 - 9/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABIES

    Abies

    fir

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

    densic material

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    64 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    spodic horizon

    densic contact

    0—15

    15—48

    64—

    —15—

    —33—

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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

    10

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30228
    Bhs—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30229
    Bhs—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very fine sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30230. Horizon split for sampling at 25 cm.
    Bs—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30231
    BC—48 to 56 centimeters (18.9 to 22.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30232
    E'—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30233
    Cd1—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) fine sandy loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 3 percent gray (N 5/0) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; brittle; 0.0 roots; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 8 percent by volume , 12 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30234
    Cd2—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30235
    Cd3—109 to 251 centimeters (42.9 to 98.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) sand, sandy loam, very gravelly fine sandy loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent and 1 percent gray (N 5/0) coarse prominent mottles; massive; firm; 0.0 roots; 56 percent by volume , 70 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30236