IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959-OH003-112
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH003-112
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AL-112
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70620
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 40.7427750
  • Std. Longitude: -84.3128891
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: . 2.5 mi. NE of Spencerville. 215 ft. S of SR 81. 440 ft. E of E and of bridge crossing Auglaize River. Field sheet 3F-215.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH003—Allen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: evans, donaldson, christman, waters, brock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Fluvaquentic Eutrochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eel
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eel
  • Classificaton Date - 10/14/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/14/1959 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009441. slightly sticky (wet).
    A—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009442. slightly sticky (wet).
    Bw1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009443. slightly sticky (wet).
    Bw2—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009444
    Bw3—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009445
    BC1—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009446
    BC2—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; 1 percent medium faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009447. structure along root channels.
    C1—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0009448. same as H7.
    C2—142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); massive; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # OSU0009449. same as Ha8.
    C3—168 to 185 centimeters (66.1 to 72.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; massive; firm; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009450. water table at 68?.
    C4—185 to 196 centimeters (72.8 to 77.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; massive; slightly sticky; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009451
    C5—196 to 208 centimeters (77.2 to 81.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; slightly sticky; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009452
    C6—208 to 216 centimeters (81.9 to 85.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; massive; slightly sticky; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # OSU0009453. thin sand lens near center of the horizon.