IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bennington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH041017
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH041-017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DL-017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70337
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Kingston Twp. 2 mi. NE of Kilbourne. Walter Cook farm, on Co.Rd. 34; 0.2 mi. E and 0.2 mi. S of farmstead.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH041—Delaware

    • PEDON

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/7/1956 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0004060
    E—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak fine angular blocky, and weak platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0004061
    BE—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # OSU0004062
    Bt1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # OSU0004063. Dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) colors are predominant within peds.
    Bt2—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent medium distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0004064
    Bt3—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 11 percent medium distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # OSU0004065. Few shale fragments.
    BCt—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent medium distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # OSU0004066. Few shale fragments.
    C1—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004067. Shale and limestone fragments.
    C2—84 to 97 centimeters (33.1 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; massive; firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, carbonate coats and gray (10YR 6/1), moist, carbonate coats; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004068. Lime seams mottled with yellowish brown (10YR 5/6). Shale and limestone fragments.
    C—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004069