IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1958OH041025

User Pedon ID: 1958OH041025

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - OHSTATE

Lab Pedon # - DL-025

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72365

Print Date: 12/4/2024

LOCATION

Location In Web Soil Survey

AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.

Location in SoilWeb

Location in Google Maps

Std. Latitude: 40.3131000

Std. Longitude: -83.2337000

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Scioto Twp. 3 1/4 mi. N-NW of Ostrander, 1/4 mi. S of road 167, Hickok farm. 900 ft. E of 165.

Map Unit: Blg1A1—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 0 to 2 percent slopes

State: Ohio

County: OH041—Delaware

MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part

Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

PEDON

Describers Name: Schafer, evans, donaldson

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Blount

Classificaton Date - 3/11/2013

Classifier - Neil Martin

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Subclass - aeric

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: Wisconsinan till

Landform: ground moraine

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Geology: Wisconsinan formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/7/1958 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop

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
1	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007990. Part of BE layer is mixed by plowing into A layer.

BE—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, skeletans; 11 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007991

Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; firm; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, skeletans; 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007992. Field texture was silty clay.

Bt2—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 33 percent medium and coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007993. Field texture was silty clay.

Bt3—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films; 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007994. Also, 10YR 4/1 clay seams.; Field texture was silty clay

BCt—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007995. Shale fragments.; Field texture was clay.

C1—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) and gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; massive, and weak angular blocky; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007996. Clay loam till. Light gray (10YR 7/2) lime seams.

C2—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and gray (10YR 5/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; massive, and weak angular blocky; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007997. Clay loam till. Light gray (10YR 7/2) lime seams. Contains a few Mn stains.

C3—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; massive; firm; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007998. Clay loam till.

C4—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; massive; firm; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007999. Clay loam till.