IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Birkbeck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957OH135009
  • User Pedon ID: 1957-OH135-009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - PB-009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69499
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: of Sec. 31 of Jackson Twp.; 100 ft. S of center line of Weist Rd. and 1500 ft. E of intersection of Weist and State Line Rds. 9 mi. W of Eaton and 1 mile north.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH135—Preble

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: hayhurst, lerch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Birkbeck
  • 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: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/27/1957 (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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006731. Non-sticky and non-plastic when wet.
    E—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak thick platy, and granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006732. Some indications of weak, thick platy structure. Non-sticky and non-plastic when wet.
    BE—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006733. Slightly sticky when wet.
    B1—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006734. Slightly sticky when wet.
    B2—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006735. Slightly sticky when wet.
    B3—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006736. Slightly sticky when wet.
    C1—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; very friable; 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006737. Non-sticky when wet. Mottles occur as streaks.
    C2—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006738. Non-sticky when wet. Sampled with bucket auger.
    2C3—135 to 150 centimeters (53.1 to 59.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006739. Till. Sampled with bucket auger.
    2C4—150 to 165 centimeters (59.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0006740. Till. Sampled with bucket auger.
    2C5—165 to 185 centimeters (65.0 to 72.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0006741. Till. Sampled with bucket auger.