IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Switzerland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S04OH061001
  • User Pedon ID: 04OH061001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0241
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17431
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.1832056
  • Std. Longitude: -84.5705972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: West of two pine trees.
  • Map Unit: ArB2—Ava silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, eroded
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH061—Hamilton
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH061—Hamilton County, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gehring
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, superactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Switzerland
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, superactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess, Kansan till?, residuum
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated limestone and shale at 191cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - rain
  • Current Air Temp - 18
    • 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

    4

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    277

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    250

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Ap—1 to 25 centimeters (0.4 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed silt loam; 2 percent sand; 80 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse granular structure; friable; 8.0 very coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.; slightly dry when described;
    Bt1—25 to 58 centimeters (9.8 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; 1 percent sand; 70 percent silt; 29 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very coarse roots and 1.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 20 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary.; slightly dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 269661; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 269661
    Bt2—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 68 percent silt; 30 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary.; slightly dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 269662; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 269663; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 269662; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 269663
    Bt3—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silt loam; 2 percent sand; 72 percent silt; 26 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 20 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 85 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary.; slightly dry when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 269664; continuous - phpvsfiid 269665; patchy - phpvsfiid 269664; continuous - phpvsfiid 269665
    2Bt4—81 to 116 centimeters (31.9 to 45.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 38 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 medium roots; 1.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 25 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds and 90 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary.; slightly dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 269669; patchy - phpvsfiid 269670; continuous - phpvsfiid 269669; patchy - phpvsfiid 269670
    3Bt5—116 to 178 centimeters (45.7 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face clay; 5 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 60 percent clay; moderate very thick platy parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 medium roots; 4.0 fine vesicular pores; 20 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds and 90 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.; slightly dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 269672; patchy - phpvsfiid 269673; continuous - phpvsfiid 269672; patchy - phpvsfiid 269673
    3BC—178 to 191 centimeters (70.1 to 75.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face silty clay; 5 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 45 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 5 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries lining pores; 2 percent by volume flat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-10-15 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 269674; patchy - phpvsfiid 269675; patchy - phpvsfiid 269674; patchy - phpvsfiid 269675
    3Cr—191 to 196 centimeters (75.2 to 77.2 inches); bedrock; fragments.