IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MARLOW
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976VT015002
  • User Pedon ID: S1976VT015002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976VT015002
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lamoille County, Vermont Typical Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3944
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39589
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 44.4777794
  • Std. Longitude: -72.7161102
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: town of Stowe, west side of old road, 1/4 mile north of Luce Hill road
  • 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, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MARLOW
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlow
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/12/2014
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/31/1976 (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

    BETUL

    Betula

    birch

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

    densic material

    noncoherent

    89 -

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

    umbric epipedon

    spodic horizon

    densic contact

    0—19

    3—14

    89—

    —29—

    —11—

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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

    15

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (5YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30191
    Bhs—3 to 14 centimeters (1.2 to 5.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 14 percent by volume , 21 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30192
    Bs1—14 to 19 centimeters (5.5 to 7.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; 18 percent by volume , 27 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30193
    Bs2—19 to 30 centimeters (7.5 to 11.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 15 percent by volume , 23 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30194
    Bs2—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); gravelly fine sandy loam; 15 percent by volume , 22 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # 40A30195. Horizon split for sampling at 30 cm.
    BC—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 11 percent by volume , 16 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30196
    Cd1—89 to 132 centimeters (35.0 to 52.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) fine sandy loam; 3 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium distinct and 3 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.0 roots; 10 percent olive (5Y 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume , 15 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30197. patchy - phpvsfiid 1368073; patchy - phpvsfiid 1368073
    Cd2—132 to 188 centimeters (52.0 to 74.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.0 roots; 10 percent olive (5Y 5/3) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 24 percent by volume , 36 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30198
    Cd3—188 to 244 centimeters (74.0 to 96.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) gravelly sandy loam; massive; firm; 0.0 roots; 24 percent by volume , 36 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30199