IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Birkbeck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1953OH027S09
  • User Pedon ID: 1953-OH027-S09
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CT-S09
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71504
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Wilson Twp. 2 1/2 mi. N of Melvin, 30 yds. E of Sabina Rd.; 1/4 mi. SW of intersection of Sabina and Spencer Rds.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH027—Clinton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: dotson, ferguson, bone, holowaychuk
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Birkbeck
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/24/1953 (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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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000094
    A2—6 to 19 centimeters (2.4 to 7.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak medium platy, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000095
    B1—19 to 30 centimeters (7.5 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000096
    B21—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000100. Slightly plastic.
    B22—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000097. Moderately plastic.
    B23—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000099
    B3—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # OSU0000098. Roots appear to terminate in this horizon.
    C1—112 to 142 centimeters (44.1 to 55.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) Error; massive; friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000090. Nonplastic; calcareous.
    2C2—142 to 173 centimeters (55.9 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; faint yellow (10YR 7/6), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0000086. Calcareous till.
    2C2—173 to 229 centimeters (68.1 to 90.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; faint yellow (10YR 7/6), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0000089. Calcareous till.