IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH071S18
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH071-S18
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HY-s18
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70334
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Paint Twp. 2 mi. N of Rainsboro; 50 ft. W of St.Rt. 70.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH071—Highland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: stout, 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: Illinoian loess; Illinoian till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Illinoian formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium granular structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9. Lab sample # OSU0002022
    E—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak thin platy structure; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0002023
    BEg—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 11 percent medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # OSU0002024
    Bg1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7. Lab sample # OSU0002025
    B2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0002026
    B3—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; 33 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0002027
    BC—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; weak medium platy structure; 33 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0002028. Effervesces only in spots.
    C—117 to 224 centimeters (46.1 to 88.2 inches); Error; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0002029. Loam till. Sampled at 84-88 inches.