IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miami
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH135005
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH135-005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - PB-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72504
  • Print Date: 4/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 8.5 mi. S and 3.5 mi. W of Eaton; 125 yds. N and 250 yds. E of SW corner of Sec. 18, Somers Twp.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH135—Preble

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: lerch, schafer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Miami
  • 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: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/2/1956 (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
    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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9. Lab sample # OSU0004331
    BE—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # OSU0004332
    B1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9. Lab sample # OSU0004333
    B2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent , moist, manganese coatings lining pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # OSU0004334
    B3—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # OSU0004335
    BC—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004336. Many limestone fragments.
    CB—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive, and weak angular blocky; friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004337
    C2—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004338
    C3—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004339
    C4—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004340
    C5—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004341