IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bennington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH077003
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH077-003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HU-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69987
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Townsend Twp. 2 miles west and 1 1/2 miles south of Wakeman. 50 yds. west of road. Humphrey Farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH077—Huron

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Holowaychuk and j. lawrence
  • 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: 12/8/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; Error; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001632
    BE—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive, and weak angular blocky; firm; 33 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001633. Moderately sticky and moderately plastic.
    Btg1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; weak fine angular blocky structure; distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001634. Moderately plastic.
    Btg2—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; weak medium prismatic, and angular blocky structure; 35 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001635. Coarse skeleton is yellowish brown coarse-textured sandstone and black shale fragments.
    C1—74 to 142 centimeters (29.1 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and weak structure; distinct gray (5Y 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001636. Coarse skeleton is sandstone and shale fragments. Sampled at 38-41 inches.
    C2—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001637. Auger sample.
    C3—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0001638. Some black shale and small sandstone fragments. Auger sample. Note: Soil was moist to 36 inches. Land tiled with tile about 24 feet apart. The field has had heavy liming and fertilization and has been chiseled to a depth of about 16 inches once in every r