IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marengo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH029056
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH029-056
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CO-056
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71976
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SE1/4 NW1/4
  • Location Description: Bert Brinker farm 1 1/2 mi. N. of Lisbon, NW corner, Sec. 11, Center Twp. 200 ft. S of orchard 100 ft. S of fence.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH029—Columbiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: h. d. lessig
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marengo
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan lacustrine
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/4/1958 (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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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) Error; strong medium angular blocky, and strong granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007418. Slightly plastic when wet.
    A12—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; strong coarse angular blocky, and strong angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007419. Slightly plastic when wet.
    Ag2—30 to 36 centimeters (11.8 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; black (10YR 2/1) mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007420. Tongues of A1 1/2? thick extend into this horizon.
    Bg1—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 33 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007421
    Bg21—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; strong medium and coarse angular blocky, and strong angular blocky structure; firm; distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 33 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007422. Slightly plastic when wet; network of fossil root channels filled with black clay on ped faces.
    Bg22—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) Error; strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; firm; prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 33 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # OSU0007423. Network of fossil root channels filled with black clay on ped faces; prismatic structure has moderate horizontal cleavage; slightly sticky when wet.
    Bg31—79 to 122 centimeters (31.1 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; firm; prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 33 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0007424. Slightly plastic when wet.
    B32—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak angular blocky structure; friable; yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0007425. Slightly plastic when wet. Probably lacustrine deposit in Wisconsinan glacial till plain. Effervescence particularly strong in 10YR 6/1 mottles.