IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S04OH061002
  • User Pedon ID: 04OH061002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0242
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17432
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 39.1769306
  • Std. Longitude: -84.5746083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T. 2
  • Range: F.R. 2
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: Green
  • Map Unit: EcE—Eden silty clay loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes
  • 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, active, nonacid, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eden
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, active, nonacid, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium, till, and residuum
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated limestone and shale at 122cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/9/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - -2
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    15—102

    122—

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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

    28

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    242

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    330

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 70 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 5.0 fine roots and 5.0 coarse roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary.; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; 1 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine vesicular pores; distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains; fragments; 1 to 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.; moderately moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 271323; patchy - phpvsfiid 271323
    Bt1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face silty clay; 2 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 48 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 5 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 35 percent faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; 1 to 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 271023; patchy - phpvsfiid 271022; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 271023; patchy - phpvsfiid 271022
    Bt2—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face clay; 2 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 60 percent clay; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 20 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat angular indurated 15-30-50 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 271025; patchy - phpvsfiid 271024; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 271025; patchy - phpvsfiid 271024
    Bt3—56 to 94 centimeters (22.0 to 37.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face flaggy silty clay; 5 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 45 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 15 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 40 percent faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent by volume flat angular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; abrupt irregular boundary.; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 271026; patchy - phpvsfiid 271322; patchy - phpvsfiid 271026; patchy - phpvsfiid 271322
    2Bt4—94 to 102 centimeters (37.0 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face clay loam; 25 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots; 20 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fine distinct masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-5-15 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 271028; patchy - phpvsfiid 271028
    3BC—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face flaggy silty clay; 8 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 42 percent clay; weak thick platy parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots; 5 percent faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 20 percent by volume flat angular indurated 200-300-375 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 271030; patchy - phpvsfiid 271030
    3Cr—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.