IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1953OH049S15
  • User Pedon ID: 1953-OH049-S15
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - FR-S15
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69380
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: University farm about 80 yds. W of reservoir in southwest corner of farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH049—Franklin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: n. holowaychuk, heddleson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • 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: 7/5/1953 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; Error; strong medium granular structure; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000249
    A2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; Error; strong very fine angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000250
    A3—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; Error; fine angular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000251. Sticky and plastic.
    Bg—48 to 86 centimeters (18.9 to 33.9 inches);, yellow (2.5Y 7/6) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; Error; strong fine angular blocky structure; friable; distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000252. Intermingling of mottles. Moderately sticky and plastic. Some fine angular fragments (chert?) present.
    BCg—86 to 142 centimeters (33.9 to 55.9 inches);, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), dry; Error; weak fine prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0000253. Intermingling of mottles. Sticky and plastic. Pebbles and fragments of leached limestone, black shale, and igneous rock present.
    C—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8), dry; Error; firm; faint 2.5Y 6/0 (2.5Y 6/0), moist, masses of reduced iron and faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0000254. Loam till. Numerous small pebbles and fragments of limestone, black shale, and soft weathered gneiss present. Water seepage into pit above C horizon. Penetrations of dark gray clayey material from A into B and C horizons was noted. These penetrations appa