IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH141048
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH141-048
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - RO-048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69822
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: of Sec. 26, colerain Twp; Tar Hollow State Forest; 0.5 mi. NE of intersection of Swamp and Swamp Ridge Rds. 4 1/2 mi. SSW of Adelphi.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH141—Ross

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Finney, holowaychuk, petro
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • 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: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/1958 (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

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. An even covering of leaf litter that is only partially decomposed.
    A—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), 10YR 4/ (10YR 4/),, dry; Error; fine and medium granular structure; friable; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007092. Loose, fluffy and porous.
    AB—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), 10YR 3 (10YR/3), dry; Error; coarse granular structure; friable; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007093
    BA—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films; 35 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007094. Coarse skeleton of subangular rock fragments up to 4 inches across.; patchy - phpvsfiid 976830; patchy - phpvsfiid 976830
    B1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; Error; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films; 45 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007095. Rock fragments stained all the way around with strong brown color.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976831; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976831
    B2—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films; 75 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007096. Rock fragments stained on upper side with strong brown color and on lower side with black or very dark brown. Coarse skeleton of subangular rock fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976832; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976832
    BC—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 85 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007097. Soil forms matrix around sandstone fragments of the coarse skeleton.
    B/C—104 to 117 centimeters (40.9 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), 10YR 7/ (10YR 7/),, dry; Error; fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; clay films; 90 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007098. Fragmented sandstone blocks make up 90% of mass. The soil material in lower part of horizon occurs as weathered coatings of the sandstone fragments, mixed with occasional weak clayey flows or penetrations from the solum.