IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cardington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH141037
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH141-037
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - RO-037
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69708
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Paxton Twp. 2 mi. SSW of Bournville about 350 yds. E of Jones Levee Rd. and 500 yds. SE of Baum Hill Rd.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH141—Ross

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: petro, evans, baldridge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cardington
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/3/1958 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # OSU0006845
    E—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) Error; moderate granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # OSU0006846. Contains small angular sandstone fragments.
    BE—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # OSU0006847
    B1—38 to 60 centimeters (15.0 to 23.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0006848. Contains small sandstone fragments.
    B2—60 to 79 centimeters (23.6 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # OSU0006849
    BC—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # OSU0006850. Lower 4 inches of horizon more silty (silt loam).
    C1—107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0006851. Compact calcareous till.
    C2—119 to 160 centimeters (46.9 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0006852
    C3—160 to 188 centimeters (63.0 to 74.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; platy structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006853. Till.
    C4—188 to 234 centimeters (74.0 to 92.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; platy structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006854. Till.