IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bennington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH041016
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH041-016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DL-016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70794
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Berkshire Twp. 3/4 mi. W of Berkshire. Cosner farm 150 yds. N of Rt. 36 and 70 ft. W of farm lane.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH041—Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: schafer, schmate
  • 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: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/3/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0004039. Representative pedon for Delaware county
    E—18 to 20 centimeters (7.1 to 7.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; weak thick platy structure; friable; 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # OSU0004040. Representative pedon for Delaware county
    Bt1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent coarse prominent gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0004041. Representative pedon for Delaware county; patchy - phpvsfiid 976590; patchy - phpvsfiid 976590
    Bt2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent coarse prominent gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0004042. Representative pedon for Delaware county; patchy - phpvsfiid 976591; patchy - phpvsfiid 976591
    Bt3—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; faint gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent coarse prominent gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0004043. Representative pedon for Delaware county; patchy - phpvsfiid 976592; patchy - phpvsfiid 976592
    Bt4—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); olive (10Y 4/4) Error; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint dark gray (7.5YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # OSU0004044. Representative pedon for Delaware county; patchy - phpvsfiid 976593; patchy - phpvsfiid 976593
    Bt5—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0004045. Representative pedon for Delaware county; patchy - phpvsfiid 976594; patchy - phpvsfiid 976594
    BC1—74 to 84 centimeters (29.1 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent coarse distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # OSU0004046. Representative pedon for Delaware county
    BC2—84 to 94 centimeters (33.1 to 37.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004047. Representative pedon for Delaware county
    C1—94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004048. Representative pedon for Delaware county
    C2—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004049
    C3—132 to 142 centimeters (52.0 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; firm; faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004050. continuous - phpvsfiid 976595; continuous - phpvsfiid 976595