IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crosby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957OH037016
  • User Pedon ID: 1957-OH037-016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DK-016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71128
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: of of Sec. 2, Liberty Twp. 1320 ft. N of SE Sec. ,corner of Sec. 2 or Junction of Stingle and Clark Station Rd.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH037—Darke

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: heffner, siegenthaler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crosby
  • 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: somewhat poorly
  • 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 - 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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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006519. consistence slightly plastic when wet; soft when dry; organic content is high in roots.
    A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006520. structure has some crumb; consistence very sticky when wet; slightly hard when dry; roots (neutral).
    B1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; friable; 1 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006521. slight evidence of playt structure; consistence plastic when wet; hard when dry; roots (slightly acid)
    B2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006522. consistence plastic when wet; hard when dry; a dark brownish layer is present immediately above the C1 horizon. (slightly acid)
    B3—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006523. consistence plastic when wet; very hard when dry; this horizon is a mixture of B and C horizons.
    C1—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; massive, and subangular blocky; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006524
    C2—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006525. Same description as C1 horizon except clay texture.