IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blanchester
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH165022
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH165-022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - WA-022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72895
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 2 3/4 mi. SW of Morrow, 0.2 mi. W of Cozaddale Rd. and 0.3 mi. S of intersection of Cozaddale and McIntire Rd. 100 yds. S of farm lane.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH165—Warren

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: garner, reeder, donaldson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Endoaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blanchester
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Avonburg
  • Classificaton Date - 10/30/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinoian till; Shale + limestone
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/1958 (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 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008267. Matrix color also 10YR 4/2.
    A2—22 to 41 centimeters (8.7 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008268. Matrix color also 10YR 5/3;
    B1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008269. patchy - phpvsfiid 976239; patchy - phpvsfiid 976239
    B1—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008270. patchy - phpvsfiid 976241; patchy - phpvsfiid 976241
    B2—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; manganese coatings and 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008271. continuous - phpvsfiid 976240; continuous - phpvsfiid 976240
    B2—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; manganese coatings and 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008272. continuous - phpvsfiid 976242; continuous - phpvsfiid 976242
    B2—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; manganese coatings and 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008273. continuous - phpvsfiid 976243; continuous - phpvsfiid 976243
    B3—145 to 170 centimeters (57.1 to 66.9 inches); Error; massive; very firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # OSU0008274. No single color dominant to be called the matrix color.
    B3—170 to 196 centimeters (66.9 to 77.2 inches); Error; massive; very firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # OSU0008275. No single color dominant to be called the matrix color.
    B3—196 to 221 centimeters (77.2 to 87.0 inches); Error; massive; very firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # OSU0008276. No single color dominant to be called the matrix color.
    B3—221 to 241 centimeters (87.0 to 94.9 inches); Error; massive; very firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # OSU0008277. No single color dominant to be called the matrix color.
    241 to 246 centimeters (94.9 to 96.9 inches); massive; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0008278. Weathered clay shale; Yellowish brown 10YR 5/6, light yellowish brown 10YR6.4 and light olive gray 5Y 6/2 to olive 5Y 5/3.
    246 to 254 centimeters (96.9 to 100.0 inches); fragments. Calcareous ordivician shale and limestone- not sampled.