IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marlow
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955MA011001
  • User Pedon ID: S1955MA011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0441
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32969
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 42.6799774
  • Std. Longitude: -72.8203506
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Franklin County, Massachusetts. 1/2 mile north of Heath in a forest adjacent to a small field. Sample located in forest about 100 feet from gravel 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: L.T. Alexander, W.H. Coates, H.V. Goodell, F.A. Filios, and W.H. Lyford.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlow
  • PSC - 29 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/16/2014
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlow
  • Classificaton Date - 10/13/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/13/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

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    68 - 165

    - 97 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    densic contact

    0—14

    12—14

    14—19

    68—

    —14—

    —2—

    —5—

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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

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03298. Loose recently fallen leaves.
    Oe—1 to 4 centimeters (0.4 to 1.6 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03299. Loose leaves from previous leaf falls, partly broken or eaten and tied together weakly by mycelium and rootlets.
    A—4 to 12 centimeters (1.6 to 4.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; weak and moderate very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03300. Rootlets are numerous and bind the soil material together.
    E—12 to 14 centimeters (4.7 to 5.5 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coarse sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; very friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A03301. This horizon in discontinuous and may occur in not over 20 percent of the area.
    Bhs—14 to 19 centimeters (5.5 to 7.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular parts to weak subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A03302
    Bs1—19 to 29 centimeters (7.5 to 11.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular parts to weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A03303
    Bs2—29 to 50 centimeters (11.4 to 19.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 2.5Y (2.5Y/), fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A03304
    BC—50 to 68 centimeters (19.7 to 26.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A03305
    Cd1—68 to 90 centimeters (26.8 to 35.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak coarse platy structure; firm; 15 percent by volume , 24 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 20-48-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # 40A03306. Roots occur and tend to be partially rotted leaving dark brown stains on the surrounding soil material.
    Cd2—90 to 106 centimeters (35.4 to 41.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) very gravelly fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak coarse platy; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 47 percent by volume , 63 percent by weight nonflat angular indurated 20-48-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # 40A03307. Pores are brown coated. Not distinctly micaceous.