IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957OH037022
  • User Pedon ID: 1957OH037022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DK-022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69882
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 40.3043000
  • Std. Longitude: -84.5264000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: of of Sec. 23, Wabash Twp. 2000 ft. E and 400 ft. N of Junction of Mangen and Stuck Roads in the corner of pastured woods.
  • Map Unit: Blg1B1—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 2 to 4 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH037—Darke
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: heffner, siegenthaler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • 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: 10/10/1957 (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); gray (10YR 5/1) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006548. slightly sticky when wet; soft when dry; organic content appears high (neutral).
    A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006549. consistence slightly sticky when wet; soft when dry; (neutral).
    A3—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; firm; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006550. consistence sticky when wet; soft when dry; (slightly acid).
    B1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay loam; moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006551. consistence sticky when wet; slightly hard when dry; (slightly acid).
    B21—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay; dark brown (10YR 3/3) mottles; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; prominent clay films; 11 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006552. consistence plastic when wet; hard when dry; (strongly acid).
    B23—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006553. a few limestone ghosts; consistence plastic when wet; hard when dry;
    C1—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; massive; 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006554
    C2—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006555. Same as C1 except for texture.
    C3—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006556. Same as C1 except for texture.