IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MARLOW
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956MA015001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956MA015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0445
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32973
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 42.3597031
  • Std. Longitude: -72.9181366
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Albert Smith farm, Worthington. Sample taken in potato field 100 feet southeast side of Farman Road, 100 feet south of Prentess Road.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA015—Hampshire
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA609—Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Edwood J. Pedersen, Steve Davidson, Fredrick A. Filios, Robert F. Reiske, William H. Coates.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlow
  • PSC - 25 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2014
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • 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:
  • 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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    84 -

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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    0—30

    30—84

    84—

    —30—

    —54—

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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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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; fine and medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03325
    Bw1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A03327
    Bw2—31 to 46 centimeters (12.2 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; moderate medium platy structure; very friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A03326
    Bw3—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; fine faint mottles; moderate medium platy structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03328
    BC1—58 to 66 centimeters (22.8 to 26.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loam; medium and coarse platy structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03329. Ghosts, limestone type, present.
    BC2—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loam; strong coarse platy structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03330. Clay skins present on some ped faces.
    Cd—84 centimeters (33.1 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) and olive gray (5Y 4/2) loam; strong coarse platy structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03331