IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miami
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957OH037015
  • User Pedon ID: 1957-OH037-015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DK-015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69179
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: of of Sec. 13, Liberty Twp. 400 ft. E and 300 ft. N of the junction of U.S. 36 and Clark Station Rd.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH037—Darke

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: heffner, siegenthaler
  • 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: 10/9/1957 (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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    A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3); loose; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006512. consistence very friable when moist; slightly plastic when wet;
    A3—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006513. consistence slightly hard when dry; boundry abrupt but not too distinct;
    B1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # OSU0006514. consistence hard when dry; slightly sticky when wet;
    B21—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # OSU0006515. consistence hard when dry; sticky when wet;
    B22—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # OSU0006516. consistence slightly hard when dry; slightly sticky when wet; roots still evident; a slight evidence of mottling in lower part and occasional clay seams present; limestone ghosts are also present in the lower part.
    C1—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006517. structure is mostly massive or structureless; consistence soft when dry; slightly sticky when wet; this horizon seems to be a mixture of lower B and C horizons. Calcareous.
    C2—130 to 142 centimeters (51.2 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006518. consistence slightly sticky when wet; calcareous;