IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bennington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH041002
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH041-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DL-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69026
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Kingston Twp. 4 mi. E and 1/2 mi. N of Kilbourne.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH041—Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: rogers, morse, ferguson, holowaychuk
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bennington
  • 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: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/14/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; granular structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001416
    E—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; weak thick platy, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001417
    BEtg—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; weak prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; 11 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001418
    Btg1—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; weak prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; 33 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001419. Mottles in ped interiors.
    Btg2—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); gray (N 5/), and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001420. Mottled mixture of colors. Roots on prisms faces. Some shale fragments.
    BCtg1—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; firm; 11 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001421. Some shale fragments. Auger sample.
    BCg2—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; firm; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0001422. Some shale fragments. Sampled at 50-56 inches. Auger sample.