IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bennington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH041021
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH041-021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DL-021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70512
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Trenton Twp. 3 mi. SE of Sunbury on Dean Miller farm. Co. Rd. 18, 1/4 mi. S of intersection with Co.Rd. 19. 1/4 mi. E on farm lane, 138 yds. S and 25 yds. E of fence.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH041—Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: schafer, boman, wenner, rush
  • 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: 6/27/1956 (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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    C2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; 1 percent 2.5Y 2/2 (2.5Y 2/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent fine distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # OSU0004145
    C2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # OSU0004146
    C2—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004147. probably has been plowed
    C2—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # OSU0004148
    C2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (2.5Y 4/2) Error; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0004149
    C2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0004150
    C2—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings lining pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # OSU0004151
    C2—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent coarse prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0004152
    C2—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive, and weak subangular blocky; firm; 33 percent coarse prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0004153. mottles are on ped surfaces; shale and other rock fragments present
    C2—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # OSU0004154
    C2—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and gray (2.5Y 5/1) Error; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004155
    C3—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and gray (2.5Y 5/1) Error; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004156
    C4—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) Error; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004157