IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1956OH041022

User Pedon ID: 1956OH041022

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - OHSTATE

Lab Pedon # - DL-022

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72891

Print Date: 4/23/2025

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: 40.1802000

Std. Longitude: -82.9870000

Datum: WGS84

Township: 3N

Range: 18W

Section: 1

Location Description: Orange Twp. approximately 3 mi. N of county line and 2 mi. E of Hwy 23. Joe Adams farm, 0.25 mi. E of Co.Rd. 10, 20 yds. N of farm lane, east from farmstead.

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, boman, 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: 6/28/1956 (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
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
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
2	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # OSU0004158

BE—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004159. Field texture was silty clay loam.

Bt1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004160

Bt2—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; manganese coatings and 11 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004161

Bt3—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm; clay films; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004162

Bt4—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm; clay films; 11 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # OSU0004163

BCt—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; coarse angular blocky, and massive; firm; faint clay films; 11 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # OSU0004164

C1—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky, and massive; firm; faint clay films; 33 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004165

C2—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; massive; firm; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004166. Small rocks and shale fragments present.

C3—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004167. Shale fragments present.; Field texture was clay loam.

C4—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004168. Field texture was clay loam.

C5—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004169. Field texture was clay loam.