IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH109S03
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH109-S03
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MM-s03
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73192
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Newberry Twp., , of Sec. 6. Site 30 yds. E of road.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH109—Miami

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: dotson, morse, holowaychuk
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • 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: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/1954 (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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001836. About 2 inches of sparse leaf litter on top.
    E—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001837
    BE—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001838
    B1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak prismatic, and weak angular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001839
    B2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate structure; firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001840. Roots mainly along prism faces.
    B3—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) Error; medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate structure; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001841. Roots mainly along prism faces. Moderately sticky.
    C1—69 to 74 centimeters (27.2 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and weak angular blocky structure; , moist, carbonate coats; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001842. Coarse skeleton of fragments of limestone and black shale.
    C2—102 to 112 centimeters (40.2 to 44.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak angular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; , moist, carbonate coats; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001843. Coarse skeleton of fragments of limestone and black shale. Auger sample.