IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clermont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH141044
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH141-044
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - RO-044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70846
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Sulfur Lick Flat, 2 1/2 mi. S of U.S. 50 on Camelin Hill Rd.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH141—Ross

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinoian loess; Illinoian till
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Illinoian formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/18/1958 (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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    Ap1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007068. Mottled matrix colors.
    Ap2—9 to 15 centimeters (3.5 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007069. Mottled matrix colors.
    E—15 to 22 centimeters (5.9 to 8.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007070. Slightly mottled.
    EB—22 to 36 centimeters (8.7 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007071. Heavily mottled.
    BE—36 to 44 centimeters (14.2 to 17.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007072
    B1—44 to 58 centimeters (17.3 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007073. Gray colored material contains more clay.
    B2—58 to 97 centimeters (22.8 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007074. Gray colored material is silty clay. Yellow colored material is silt loam.
    BC—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007075
    Ab—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; friable; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of reduced iron and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007076
    Bb—145 to 173 centimeters (57.1 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and red (2.5YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; massive; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0007077