IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Captina
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1955OH013002
  • User Pedon ID: 1955-OH013-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - BT-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71532
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Smith Twp. of Sec. 18. Site on outskirts of Warnock on road to Glencoe. About 4 mi. SSW of St. Clairsville.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH013—Belmont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: lessig, dunlavy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Captina
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monongahela
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/6/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003794
    BA1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003795. few medium faint rust-colored mottles.
    BA2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003796. many medium prominent gray and rust colored mottles; small pebble forms in place weathered to silt.
    Btx1—51 to 88 centimeters (20.1 to 34.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate very coarse prismatic, and angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSUB003797. many coarse prominent gray and rust colored mottles and black Fe-Mn stains; sticky when wet.
    Btx—51 to 152 centimeters (20.1 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate very coarse prismatic, and angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSUA003797. many coarse prominent gray and rust colored mottles and black Fe-Mn stains; sticky when wet.
    Btx2—88 to 113 centimeters (34.6 to 44.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; angular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSUC003797. many coarse prominent gray and rust colored mottles and black Fe-Mn stains; sticky when wet.
    Btx3—113 to 152 centimeters (44.5 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate very coarse prismatic, and angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSUD003797. many coarse prominent gray and rust colored mottles and black Fe-Mn stains; sticky when wet.
    2Ab—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); 50 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and 50 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003798. many coarse faint very dark gray mottles and dark gray prism faces.
    2BAb1—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate coarse prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSUB003799. many fine prominent brown (Fe-Mn) stains and gray mottles.
    2BAb—165 to 305 centimeters (65.0 to 120.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate coarse prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSUA003799. many fine prominent brown (Fe-Mn) stains and gray mottles.
    2BAb2—203 to 241 centimeters (79.9 to 94.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSUC003799. many fine prominent brown (Fe-Mn) stains and gray mottles.
    2BAb3—241 to 292 centimeters (94.9 to 115.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate coarse prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSUD003799. many fine prominent brown (Fe-Mn) stains and gray mottles.
    2Btb1—305 to 356 centimeters (120.1 to 140.2 inches); 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 50 percent gray (10YR 6/1) Error; subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 33 percent coarse prominent manganese coatings; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0003800. silty clay coats on prism faces.
    2Btb2—356 to 406 centimeters (140.2 to 159.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) Error; moderate coarse prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # OSU0003801. many medium prominent gray mottles and black Fe-Mn stains.
    2Btb3—406 to 457 centimeters (159.8 to 179.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # OSU0003802. common coarse prominent black Fe-Mn stains and brown in cracks.