IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956OH041018
  • User Pedon ID: 1956OH041018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DL-018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70266
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 40.3955556
  • Std. Longitude: -82.9629861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 1
  • Location Description: 1 1/2 mi. SW of Ashley, Oxford Twp. on Co.Rd. 224, Charles Chadwick property. 0.12 mi. N of farmstead, 38 yds. E of rail fence, even with an east-west fence.
  • Map Unit: Blg1A1—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH041—Delaware
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Schafer, wenner, rush
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • 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: 6/25/1956 (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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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004107. Color does not change upon rubbing.
    E1—10 to 14 centimeters (3.9 to 5.5 inches); 10YR 2 (10YR/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed silt loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004108
    E2—14 to 20 centimeters (5.5 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak platy structure; friable; 1 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004109
    BE—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; firm; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004110. Some ped surfaces have gray leached coatings.
    Bt1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004111. Field texture was silty clay.
    Btg2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 33 percent medium distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004112. Field texture was silty clay.
    Btg3—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium prominent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004113. Some limestone remnants in lower part of horizon.; Field texture was silty clay.
    BCt—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004114. Some shale fragments and small pebbles.
    C1—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay loam; massive; firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats and 15 percent faint clay films; 1 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004115
    C2—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; massive; friable; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats; olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004116
    C3—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; massive; friable; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats; olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004117
    C4—117 to 127 centimeters (46.1 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; massive; friable; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats; olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004118