IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marlow
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MA003001
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MA003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980MA003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1980MA003001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74595
  • 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: 42.4073583
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1509250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Marlow Series,5 m (17 ft) east of the Appalachain Trail, 240 m (790 ft) SSW of junction of trail and Blotz Road in the town of Washington, Mass (USGS-Pittsfield East Quadrangle).
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA003—Berkshire
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA003—Berkshire County, Massachusetts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42073-D2—Pittsfield East, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlow
  • PSC - 33 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/12/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlow
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Fragiorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/1980
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lodgment till derived from gneiss and/or lodgment till derived from quartzite
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/8/1980 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABBA

    ACSA3

    BEAL2

    PRSE2

    Abies balsamea

    Acer saccharum

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Prunus serotina

    balsam fir

    sugar maple

    yellow birch

    black cherry

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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 - 110

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

    ochric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    albic horizon

    spodic materials

    spodic horizon

    densic materials

    densic contact

    0—8

    0—5

    5—8

    8—16

    16—36

    16—36

    64—110

    64—

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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

    11

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    547

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    180

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; structureless massive; fragments. Lab sample # UMA80110
    Oa—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moderately decomposed plant material; structureless massive; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA07908
    E—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; structureless massive; very friable; many (5.0) fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA80112
    Bhs—16 to 21 centimeters (6.3 to 8.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) loam; structureless massive; very friable; many (5.0) fine roots; 4 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA80113
    Bs1—21 to 26 centimeters (8.3 to 10.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) loam; structureless massive; very friable; many (5.0) fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA80114
    Bs2—26 to 36 centimeters (10.2 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable; common (3.0) fine roots; 8 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA80115
    BC—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; few (0.5) fine roots; 7 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA80116
    Cd—64 to 110 centimeters (25.2 to 43.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; many fine low-continuity pores; 10 percent sand coats on all faces of peds; 19 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA80117