IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blanchester
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH027074
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH027-074
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CT-074
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72654
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 2 1/2 mile SE of Blanchester. 100 ft. S of Rt. 123 and across road from barn on Willis Reynolds farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH027—Clinton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: evans, donaldson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blanchester
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinoian till; Shale + limestone
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/12/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) Error; moderate medium angular blocky, and strong granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008213. Good structural stability under prolonged wetting.
    Bg1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008214. Common tongues of 10YR 5/1 and 10YR 6/2.
    Bg21—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008215
    Bg22—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008216. 10YR 4/1
    Bg23—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 33 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008217
    Bg24—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 33 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008218
    B25—127 to 150 centimeters (50.0 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; very firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 11 percent medium prominent 7.5YR 5/ (7.5YR 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008219
    B25—150 to 173 centimeters (59.1 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; very firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 11 percent medium prominent 7.5YR 5/ (7.5YR 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008220
    B25—173 to 198 centimeters (68.1 to 78.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; very firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 11 percent medium prominent 7.5YR 5/ (7.5YR 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008221
    B3—198 to 221 centimeters (78.0 to 87.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; 1 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008222
    B3—221 to 239 centimeters (87.0 to 94.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; 1 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008223
    239 to 246 centimeters (94.1 to 96.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) Error; massive; very firm; 11 percent medium distinct 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008224. Structure has slight platy cleavage; calcareous.