IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bennington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH041023
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH041-023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DL-023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69995
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Genoa Twp. 3 miles WSW of Harlem. Jerome Miller farm on Co.Rd. 30, 0.25 mi. N of intersection with Twp.Rd. about 1 mile N of county line. 0.15 mi. W and 100 yds. N of farm buildings.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH041—Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: schafer, boman, 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: 6/29/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # OSU0004170
    A—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent coarse distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0004171
    BE—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent coarse distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # OSU0004172
    Bt1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # OSU0004173. patchy - phpvsfiid 976550; patchy - phpvsfiid 976550
    Bt2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent coarse distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # OSU0004174. patchy - phpvsfiid 976551; patchy - phpvsfiid 976551
    Bt3—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm; faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0004175. continuous - phpvsfiid 976552; continuous - phpvsfiid 976552
    Bt4—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent coarse prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # OSU0004176. patchy - phpvsfiid 976553; patchy - phpvsfiid 976553
    BC—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; massive; firm; faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films; 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004177. patchy - phpvsfiid 976554; patchy - phpvsfiid 976554
    C1—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; massive; firm; 33 percent coarse distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004178
    C2—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; massive; firm; 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004179
    C3—109 to 119 centimeters (42.9 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; friable; faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats; 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004180. patchy - phpvsfiid 976555; patchy - phpvsfiid 976555
    C4—119 to 130 centimeters (46.9 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; friable; faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004181. patchy - phpvsfiid 976556; patchy - phpvsfiid 976556