IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cincinnati
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1949OH015S03
  • User Pedon ID: 1949-OH015-S03
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - BN-s03
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69009
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Pleasant Twp. deep road cut along St.Rt. 125; 3 mi. E of Georgetown.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH015—Brown

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: farnham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cincinnati
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinoian till; Shale + limestone
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1949 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001358. No hue, value, or chroma given, estimated from ?dark grayish brown to very dark grayish brown?. Smooth and floury.
    E—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak thick platy, and moderate granular structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001359. No hue, value, or chroma given, estimated from ?brown and yellowish brown with grayish cast?. Smooth and floury. Few small pebbles.
    BE—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001360. No hue, value, or chroma given, estimated from ?yellowish brown?. Slightly plastic when wet. Considerable small grit and pebbles up to 1/2 inch across that appear to be more abundant in upper part. Numerous very small black rounded hard concretions.
    Bt1—76 to 119 centimeters (29.9 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak thick platy, and moderate structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001361. No hue, value, or chroma given, estimated from ?yellowish brown?. More silt and less clay in upper part. Occasional pebbles. Numerous splotches of soft concretionary materials in lower part.
    Bt2—119 to 175 centimeters (46.9 to 68.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong fine angular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001362. No hue, value, or chroma given, estimated from ?yellowish brown?. Slightly mottled with brownish gray and stained black on surfaces. Slightly plastic when wet. Few small pebbles. More mottled and finer textured in lower part.
    Btx—175 to 297 centimeters (68.9 to 116.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak thick platy, and weak angular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001363. No hue, value, or chroma given, estimated from ?yellowish brown?. Mottled with light brownish gray and stained with black. Plastic when wet. Numerous small pebbles and stones in lower part. Numerous soft concretions. Sandy streaks in lower part. Light bro
    C—297 to 310 centimeters (116.9 to 122.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; weak thick platy structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001364. No hue, value, or chroma given, estimated from ?light olive brown?. Very compact consistence. Thin light gray coatings on ped surfaces. Pebbles of mixed origin and limestone or dolomitic cobbles present.