IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dekalb
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH073004
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH073-004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HO-004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72704
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Neotoma Valley; center of Sec. 16, Goodhope Twp. Site is at OSU Botany Weather Station No. 3 (mixed oak quadrat).
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH073—Hocking

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: petro, finney, baldridge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dekalb
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Sandstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/13/1958 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    35

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    280.4

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    225

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    Oe—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1); fragments. Decomposed litter of matter mor type. Not sampled.
    A—1 to 4 centimeters (0.4 to 1.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1) and gray (10YR 6/1), dry; Error; weak medium granular structure; friable; 22 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007261. High in organic matter. Coarse skeleton consists of sandstone fragments up to 2 inches across.
    E—4 to 24 centimeters (1.6 to 9.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), light gray (10YR 7/2) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; Error; weak coarse granular, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; 22 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007262. The upper 4 inches is noticeably more friable than the lower part.
    EB—24 to 37 centimeters (9.4 to 14.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), light gray (10YR 7/2) and very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007263
    B1—37 to 52 centimeters (14.6 to 20.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), yellow (10YR 7/6) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; Error; fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007264. Coarse skeleton has some stones up to 5 inches across.
    B2—52 to 72 centimeters (20.5 to 28.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), yellow (10YR 7/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # OSU0007265
    C1—72 to 102 centimeters (28.3 to 40.2 inches); fragments. Apparently solid sandstone bedrock with a slightly weathered surface coating. In a vertical crack the B2 material extends to a depth of 46 inches. Not sampled.