IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wetzel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH159S02
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH159-S02
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - UN-S02
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70314
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: One mi. SW of Marysville Industrial Home for Women. NE corner of forest area, 3/10 mile N and 3/10 mile E of headquarters.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH159—Union

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: holowaychuck, shumate, post, matanza
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Typic Endoaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wetzel
  • 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: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/11/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/),, dry; Error; medium and coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005222. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Hard when dry. A heavy mat of roots in the surface inch.
    AB1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); 2.5Y 4/ (2.5Y 4/),, 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/), and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; Error; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005223. Slightly sticky and moderately plastic when wet. Hard to very hard when dry. Roots have a predominantly horizontal orientation.
    AB2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/),, olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) and 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/), and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 11 percent medium and coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium and coarse distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005224. Slightly sticky and moderately plastic when wet. Extremely hard when dry.
    Btg1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), gray (10YR 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), dry; Error; weak fine angular blocky, and weak subangular blocky structure; very firm; 33 percent medium and coarse prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005225. Sticky and very plastic when wet. Extremely hard when dry.
    Btg2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), gray (10YR 5/1) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; Error; weak fine angular blocky, and weak subangular blocky structure; very firm; 33 percent medium and coarse prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005226. Sticky and very plastic when wet. Extremely hard when dry.
    Btg3—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/),, dry; Error; massive, and prismatic; very firm; 11 percent medium faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005227. Cracks into very weak coarse prisms up to 24 inches across. The soil mass breaks into very weak very fine angular units. Sticky and very plastic when wet. Extremely hard when dry. A few pebbles present.
    Btg4—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/), and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), dry; Error; massive, and prismatic; very firm; 11 percent medium faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005228. Cracks into very weak coarse prisms up to 24 inches across. The soil mass breaks into very weak very fine angular units. Sticky and very plastic when wet. Extremely hard when dry. A few pebbles present.
    Btg5—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/),, dry; Error; massive, and prismatic; very firm; 11 percent medium faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005229. Tendency to crack into very weak coarse prisms up to 24 inches across. Some slickenside surfaces, oriented about 45 degrees from the vertical, were noted in the prisms. The soil mass breaks into very weak very fine angular units. Sticky and very plastic w
    BC—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/), and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/), and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; Error; distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0005230. Auger sample. Splotches of white calcareous material are common. Occasional small rock fragments. Sticky and plastic when wet. Extremely hard when dry.
    C1—137 to 160 centimeters (53.9 to 63.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/), and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; Error; weak angular blocky structure; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0005231. Auger sample. Splotches of white calcareous material are numerous. Sticky and plastic when wet. Extremely hard when dry.
    C2—160 to 185 centimeters (63.0 to 72.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light gray (10YR 7/1) and olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), dry; Error; weak coarse angular blocky structure; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0005232. Auger sample. Splotches of white calcareous material are common. Sticky and plastic when wet. Extremely hard when dry.
    C31—185 to 236 centimeters (72.8 to 92.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak coarse angular blocky structure; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0005233. Auger sample. Splotches of white calcareous material . Sticky and plastic when wet. Extremely hard when dry. Some black shale fragments.
    C32—236 to 244 centimeters (92.9 to 96.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak coarse angular blocky structure; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0005234. Auger sample. Splotches of white calcareous material . Sticky and plastic when wet. Extremely hard when dry. Some black shale fragments.