IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH071S15
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH071-S15
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HY-s15
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69745
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Madison Twp. 4 mi. SW of Greenfield along St.Rt. 138 and 500 ft. W of county road corner.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH071—Highland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: dotson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess; Illinoian till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Illinoian formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1954 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002175
    E—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 33 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine distinct olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002176
    BEg—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002177
    Bg1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 11 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002178
    B2—61 to 107 centimeters (24.0 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 11 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002179. Roots common on ped surfaces.
    C1—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; friable; 33 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0002180
    C2—122 to 173 centimeters (48.0 to 68.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0002181. Sample taken at 64-68 inches.