IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rossmoyne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH015S10
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH015-S10
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - BN-s10
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69860
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Farm 3 mi. N and 3/4 mi. E of Hamersville, 0.35 mi. NNE of farmhouse on north side of road.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH015—Brown

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: holowaychuk, miller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rossmoyne
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinoian loess; Illinoian till; Illinoian outwash
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Illinoian formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1956 (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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    2

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    286.5

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004238. Soft when dry. Dry color: 10YR 7/3 7/2.
    AB—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004239. Some dark grayish brown coatings and penetrations from horizon above. Moderately hard when dry. Dry color: 10YR 6/4, 10YR 7/1.
    Bt1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004240. Hard when dry. Dry color: 10YR 6/4.
    Bt2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004241. Hard when dry. Dry color: 10YR 5/6 6/6.
    2Bt3—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004242. Very hard when dry, nonsticky and nonplastic when wet. Some pebbles present. Dry color: 10YR 7,3, 10YR 5/6, 10YR 7/1.
    2Bx1—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and weak platy structure; firm; 10YR 3 (10YR3), moist, silt coats and light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats and brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004243. 10YR 5/6 zone between silt coats and interior. 10YR 7/1 coats are extension from B22. Nonsticky and nonplastic when wet, very hard when dry. Coarse fragments are subrounded and subangular pebbles of quartz, quartzite, and ingneous rocks up to 3? in diamet
    2Bx2—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse and very coarse prismatic, and weak platy structure; very firm; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004244. Matrix color estimated from ?yellowish brown?. Slightly sticky when wet, very hard when dry. Silty coats decrease with depth, while clay films become more prominent. Dry color: 10YR 6/4 7/4, 10YR 5/6, 10YR 7/1.
    2Bx3—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak angular blocky structure; very firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films and 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, clay films; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004245. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet, hard when dry. Dry color: 10YR 6/4, 7.5YR 5/6, 10YR 8/2.
    2BC1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak very coarse prismatic, and angular blocky structure; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films; distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004246. Moderately sticky and moderately plastic when wet, hard when dry. Dry color: 10YR 5/6, 7.5YR 5/6, 10YR 7/1.
    2BC21—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; firm; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004247. Some 7.5YR 6/8, 7.5YR 5/8, 10YR 4/4, 10YR 7/3, and 10YR 7/2 also noted. Moderately sticky and plastic when wet, hard when dry. Dry colors: 10YR 6/4 5/6, 10YR 7/1.
    2BC22—183 to 213 centimeters (72.0 to 83.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; firm; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004248. Some 7.5YR 6/8, 7.5YR 5/8, 10YR 4/4, 10YR 7/3, and 10YR 7/2 also noted. Moderately sticky and plastic when wet, hard when dry. Dry colors: 10YR 6/4 5/6, 10YR 7/1.
    2BC23—213 to 234 centimeters (83.9 to 92.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; firm; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004249. Some 7.5YR 6/8, 7.5YR 5/8, 10YR 4/4, 10YR 7/3, and 10YR 7/2 also noted. Moderately sticky and plastic when wet, hard when dry. Dry colors: 10YR 6/4 5/6, 10YR 7/1.
    3C—234 to 274 centimeters (92.1 to 107.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004250. Matrix intermingled with 7.5YR 5/8 6/8, 10YR 7/1 and some white material from leached limestone pebbles. Sticky and plastic, moderately hard when dry. Appears to be weathered, poorly sorted fine gravelly outwash. Water encountered at 130? Dry color: 10YR
    3C—274 to 381 centimeters (107.9 to 150.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004251. Matrix intermingled with 7.5YR 5/8 6/8, 10YR 7/1 and some white material from leached limestone pebbles. Sticky and plastic, moderately hard when dry. Appears to be weathered, poorly sorted fine gravelly outwash. Water encountered at 130? Dry color: 10YR