IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Belfast
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1955OH071S27
  • User Pedon ID: 1955-OH071-S27
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HY-s27
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69838
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Liberty Twp. 1 1/4 mi. N and 1/4 mi. W of Hillsboro on Tobar farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH071—Highland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: schafer, stout, meeker
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Belfast
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess; Limestone
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1955 (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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002694
    B—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) Error; weak angular blocky structure; 1 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002695. Sticky. Partings filled with soil of Ap horizon.
    BC—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 33 percent coarse distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002696. Sticky. It appears that mottles have higher clay content.
    C—38 to 91 centimeters (15.0 to 35.8 inches); 2.5Y 7/ (2.5Y 7/), Error; strong angular blocky structure; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0002697
    R—91 to 97 centimeters (35.8 to 38.2 inches); fragments. Dolomitic rock.