IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clermont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957OH027068
  • User Pedon ID: 1957-OH027-068
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CT-068
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69251
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 2 1/2 miles S of Blanchester and 1/3 mile S of junction of Woodville and Fayetteville Roads. 30 rods E of Fayetteville Rd.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH027—Clinton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: jones
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Glossaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clermont
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blanchester
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinoian till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Illinoian formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1957 (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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005723. Appears to have about 2 inches of overwash.
    Bg1—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005724. Gray color confined more to ped faces with yellow-brown ped interiors.
    Bg21—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; 11 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005725. Gray color more prominent on ped surfaces with yellowish browns in ped interiors.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976547; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976547
    Bg21—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; 11 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005726. Gray color more prominent on ped surfaces with yellowish browns in ped interiors.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976549; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976549
    B22—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent black (N 2/), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005727. Gray confined to ped surface, yellow and brown to ped interiors.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976548; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976548
    B23—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent black (N 2/), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005728. Grays confined to ped surfaces with yellows and browns more prominent in ped interiors.
    B24—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) Error; very firm; 10 percent black (N 2/), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005729
    B24—147 to 175 centimeters (57.9 to 68.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; very firm; 10 percent black (N 2/), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005730
    B3—175 to 193 centimeters (68.9 to 76.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005731. Shale appears to influence this horizon.
    193 to 218 centimeters (76.0 to 85.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005732. Calcareous at 85 inches; underlain by limestone bedrock.