IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH041019
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH041-019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DL-019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71328
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 3 mi. NW of Delaware on lane parallel to C&O Railroad, 1/4 mi. NW of EW road near south boundary of Troy Twp. 15 yds. W of lane; Pete Oswald property.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH041—Delaware
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: schafer, wenner, ruch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • 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: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/26/1956 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004120
    E—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004121. This horizon may have been plowed or mixed but it is slightly lighter in color than the 7 inch plow layer. Its color is distinctly lighter when crushed.
    BEt—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004122
    Bt1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004123
    Bt2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium angular blocky structure; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004124
    Bt3—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004125. Mottles on ped surfaces. Occasional shale and other rock fragments present.
    BCt—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # OSU0004126. Mottles on ped surfaces. Clay coatings extend into this horizon but appear to be calcareous.
    CB—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats; 11 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004127. Mottles on ped surfaces.
    C1—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) Error; massive; firm; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004128
    C2—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; firm; 35 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004129. Mixture of matrix colors.
    C3—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; firm; 35 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004130. Mixture of matrix colors.
    C4—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; firm; 35 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004131. Mixture of matrix colors. Also, common medium distinct 10YR 7/2 lime seams.