IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brooke
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957OH059S01
  • User Pedon ID: 1957-OH059-S01
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GR-S01
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71943
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 1 mile S of Salesville, Milswood Twp. of , Sec. 31. 50 ft. S of point where road reaches crest of ridge, 75 ft. S of large osage orange tree at N edge of road.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH059—Guernsey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: f. j. baker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brooke
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/12/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; friable; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006609. Mottles resulted from mixing some of the next lower horizon (E) into the plow layer by cultivation.
    E—14 to 20 centimeters (5.5 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006610. In many places this horizon has been completely incorporated into the plow layer, and the plow layer rests directly on the BE horizon.
    BE—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006611. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Pale grayish green weathered fine shale fragments are common but make up less than 5% of the solum. Thickness of this horizon varies from 2 to nearly 4 inches.
    B1—25 to 34 centimeters (9.8 to 13.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006612. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Coarse skeleton is grayish green shale fragments up to 1 inch in diameter. Many fine flecks in this horizon and BE horizon may be mica.
    B2—34 to 43 centimeters (13.4 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; weak medium and coarse, and moderate angular blocky structure; very firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006613. Mottles appear to be inherited from parent material. The prisms are very prominent after the face of the profile dries. Slightly sticky and plastic when wet.
    B3—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; very firm; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; 33 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, manganese coatings and 33 percent medium distinct 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006614. Mottles are not caused by impeded drainage. They make up between 10 and 30 percent of the ped interiors and vary in their extent in very short distances. Slightly sticky and plastic when wet. Tongues of this horizon extend into calcareous weathered shale; continuous - phpvsfiid 976048; continuous - phpvsfiid 976048
    CB—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; friable; prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006615. Mixed matrix colors. The 10YR 4/3 silty clay flows constitute 20 to 50 percent of the total volume and follow down all ped faces, root channels, and other fissures and moisture channels to form an intricate lacy pattern. Clay skin materials are sticky and; continuous - phpvsfiid 976049; continuous - phpvsfiid 976049
    C1—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) Error; firm; distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0006616. Clay flows constitute up to 10 percent of the total volume and follow down root channels and other fissures. Crushes easily when removed. Very sticky when wet. Material is composed of weathered calcareous shale that has disintegrated sufficiently for the; continuous - phpvsfiid 976050; continuous - phpvsfiid 976050
    C2—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) Error; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0006617. Some of the silty clay may be clay flows, but it seems likely that some of it has developed in place along fissures, root channels, and other openings. In some places pockets 2 to 4 inches in diameter in the calcareous materials have weathered almost comp
    C3—97 to 102 centimeters (38.2 to 40.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1); brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0006618. Thin bedded shale. This stratum, highly fractured, varies from 1 to 8 inches thick over weathered limestone.; continuous - phpvsfiid 976051; continuous - phpvsfiid 976051
    C4—102 to 147 centimeters (40.2 to 57.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1); fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0006619. A layer of resistant limestone that has weathered until the bed is now composed of individual boulders 8 to 15 inches across. The boulders constitute about 60% of the total horizon. The silt loam material is friable when moist. The silty clay material is
    C5—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) Error; massive; light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0006620. Mottles occur in bands about 0.25 inches thick. Material is massive and consists of weathered shale with very little coarse skeleton. This horizon is 15-20 inches thick and underlain with more resistant rock.