IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marengo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1949OH045009
  • User Pedon ID: 1949-OH045-009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - FA-009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71094
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Liberty Twp. of Sec. 20, T17N R19w.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH045—Fairfield

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: petro
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marengo
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/15/1949 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7. Lab sample # OSU0001442
    A—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7. Lab sample # OSU0001443
    Bg1—33 to 91 centimeters (13.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent medium distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0001444
    Bg2—91 to 178 centimeters (35.8 to 70.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; 33 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 33 percent coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # OSU0001445
    C—178 to 194 centimeters (70.1 to 76.4 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; massive; firm; 33 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1.