IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marengo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH045S02
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH045-S02
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - FA-s02
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69832
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Blacklick Forest, south central part. 1 1/4 mi. SSW of Reynoldsburg. Sec. 19, Violet Twp. T16N R20W.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH045—Fairfield

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: holowaychuk, fritts
  • 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: 1/12/1954 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/),, dry; Error; strong fine and medium granular structure; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000928. Slightly sticky when wet.
    Bg1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/),, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/),, dry; Error; fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; fine faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000929. Sticky and plastic when wet.
    Bg2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches);, 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/), and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), dry; Error; fine angular blocky structure; firm; distinct 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/), moist, masses of reduced iron and distinct olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000930. Intermixing of mottles with the gray (2.5Y 6/ ) occurring mainly on ped surfaces. Sticky and plastic when wet.
    Bg3—56 to 107 centimeters (22.0 to 42.1 inches);, yellow (10YR 7/8) and light gray (2.5Y 7/1), dry; Error; weak prismatic, and angular blocky structure; firm; coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron and gray (5Y 5/1), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000931. Intermixing of mottles with the gray colors (10YR 6/2 and 5Y 5/1) occurring mainly on ped surfaces. Roots occur along prism faces. Coarse skeleton of black shale and sandstone fragments and some crystalline pebbles or cobbles.
    BCg—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and gray (2.5Y 6/1), yellow (10YR 7/6) and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; Error; weak subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000932. Intermixing of colors with the light gray (2.5Y 6/1) being more common on ped surfaces. Roots occur along gray-coated prism faces. Coarse skeleton of black shale and sandstone fragments and some crystalline pebbles or cobbles. Dry color also 2.5Y 6/2.
    C1—122 to 183 centimeters (48.0 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000933. The gray (10YR 5/1) color occurs on the unit faces. Coarse skeleton of black shale, sandstone, and limestone fragments and some crystalline pebbles or cobbles.
    C2—183 to 198 centimeters (72.0 to 78.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; Error; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000934. Till.