IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miami
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH021004
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH021-004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CH-004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71106
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Goshen Twp. 1.2 mi. SW of intersection of St.Rt. 161 and 4. site in woods on S boundary of J. W. Hill farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH021—Champaign

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ritchie
  • 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: 1/15/1958 (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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006672
    A2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak medium platy structure; friable; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006673
    B1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006674
    B21—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006675
    B22—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # OSU0006676. Upper occurance of carbonates at 25?; Lower boundary tongues into C1.
    BC—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006677. Horizon designation B3C1. Structure tends to break at random along channels where clay is deposited; some residual dolomite present.
    C1—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006678. 25-40? is the depth given, although this overlaps with the two horizons above. Calcareous; extremely hard when dry.
    C2—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006679. Calcareous; extremely hard when dry; tends to break out into hard pieces.