IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Spinks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959-OH003-116
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH003-116
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AL-116
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69020
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 40.8957291
  • Std. Longitude: -83.9762955
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 5
  • Location Description: NW 4SW 4. 4.25 mi. N of Beaverdam, 1112 ft. N of Columbus Grove-Bluffton Rd. 60 ft. E of CL of SR 696. On Field sheet BUZ-2F-117.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH003—Allen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Waters, christman, Brock, donaldson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Psammentic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Spinks
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ottokee
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/1959 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    243.8

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 7.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009484. 7-9? thick.
    E—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; weak subangular blocky, and weak coarse platy structure; loose; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009485. 1.5-5? thick.
    Bt1—28 to 30 centimeters (11.0 to 11.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009486. one-eighth-1? thick.
    E2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; single grain; loose; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009487. 2.5-4.5? thick.
    Bt2—41 to 46 centimeters (16.1 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; weak medium angular blocky structure; loose; 0.9 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009488. one eighth-2? thick.
    E3—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; single grain; loose; 0.9 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009489. 1-5.5? thick.
    Bt3—56 to 61 centimeters (22.0 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009490. less than one eighth-5? thick.
    E4—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; single grain; loose; 3.0 roots; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009491. 1.5-5.5? thick.
    Bt4—69 to 71 centimeters (27.2 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009492. one eighth-5? thick.
    E5—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 roots; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009493. less than one eighth to 8.5 thick.
    Bt5—84 to 97 centimeters (33.1 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009494. 0.5-5.5? thick.
    E6—97 to 102 centimeters (38.2 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; single grain; loose; 0.9 roots; 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009495. one eighth-4? thick.
    Bt6—102 to 109 centimeters (40.2 to 42.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.9 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009496. 1-4.5? thick.
    E7—109 to 119 centimeters (42.9 to 46.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 0.9 roots; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009497. less than one eighth-4.5? thick.
    Bt7—119 to 130 centimeters (46.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.9 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009498. root channels filled with A2 material from above; 2.5-5? thick.
    E8—130 to 135 centimeters (51.2 to 53.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; single grain; loose; 0.9 roots; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009499. less than one eighth-5? thick.
    Bt8—135 to 142 centimeters (53.1 to 55.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009500. 1.5-3? thick.
    E9—142 to 150 centimeters (55.9 to 59.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; single grain; loose; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009501. less than one eighth to 3? thick; this horizon appeared to be shaped as a lens.
    Bt9—150 to 152 centimeters (59.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) Error; weak medium subangular blocky, and single grain; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009502. 0-2.5? thick.
    E10—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; single grain; loose; 33 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009503. 2-12? thick.
    Bt10—178 to 188 centimeters (70.1 to 74.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009504. 3-5? thick.
    C1—188 to 201 centimeters (74.0 to 79.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; very friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009505
    C2—201 to 269 centimeters (79.1 to 105.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # OSU0009506. sampled with auger.
    C3—269 to 284 centimeters (105.9 to 111.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0009507. calcareous outwash; sampled with auger.