IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Casco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959OH021014
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH021-014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CH-014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70097
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Goshen Twp. 2 1/2 mi. E of Mechanicsburg, 3/4 mi. S of St.Rt. 4, 1 mi. NE of Rosedale Rd. 50 ft. S of Little Darby Creek, Laura Kraut farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH021—Champaign

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ritchie, powell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Casco
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1959 (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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    B1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) Error; fine and medium granular structure; 15 percent organic stains; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008442. Some A1 material extends into this horizon in old animal burrows.
    B1—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); Error; fragments.
    B2—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) Error; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008443
    36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) Error; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008444. Horizon designated as B3-D1.
    46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008445. Calcareous sand and gravel.