IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marlow
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985VT027008
  • User Pedon ID: S1985VT027008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985VT027008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0875
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57141
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 43.2647209
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5102768
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Photo-10-234. 1800 feet west of Massey Road and 5100 feet northeast of the 1490 foot marker on Mt. Ephraim
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT027—Windsor
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT027—Windsor County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Henry J. Ferguson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, superactive, frigid Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlow
  • PSC - 31 to 61 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 - 6/21/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/1985 (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

    ACSA3

    BETUL

    Acer saccharum

    Betula

    sugar maple

    birch

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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

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    0—8

    8—61

    61—

    —8—

    —53—

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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

    22

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    323

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    0

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    Oa—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) highly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—6 to 8 centimeters (2.4 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol purple; abrupt irregular boundary.
    Bw1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; weakly smeary; 21.0 roots; 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04686
    Bw2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; weakly smeary; 21.0 roots; 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04687
    Bw3—33 to 44 centimeters (13.0 to 17.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; weakly smeary; 3.0 roots; 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04688
    BC—44 to 61 centimeters (17.3 to 24.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; friable; 0.5 roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol purple; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Cd—61 to 103 centimeters (24.0 to 40.6 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) fine sandy loam; 3 percent olive (5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 12 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromcresol purple. Lab sample # 85P04689