IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miami
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959OH021015
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH021-015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CH-015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70072
  • Print Date: 4/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Union Twp. 3/4 mi. SE of Mutual; 1300 ft. S of U.S. Rt. 29; 250 ft. W of St.Rt. 56. Delbert Bowen farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH021—Champaign

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ritchie, evans, powell, donaldson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Miami
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/2/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008799
    A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; 15 percent organic stains; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008800
    B1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008801
    B21—33 to 42 centimeters (13.0 to 16.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008802
    B22—42 to 58 centimeters (16.5 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; clay films; 1 percent manganese coatings; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008803
    B23—58 to 66 centimeters (22.8 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008804
    BC—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent clay films; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008805. Horizon designated as B3C1.
    C1—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), Error; massive, and weak platy; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008806. Calcareous till; firm in place, friable when broken out, hard when dry.
    C1—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), Error; massive, and weak platy; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008807. Calcareous till; firm in place, friable when broken out, hard when dry.
    C2—132 to 155 centimeters (52.0 to 61.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive, and weak platy; 1 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008808. Calcareous till.
    C2—155 to 178 centimeters (61.0 to 70.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive, and weak platy; 1 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008809. Calcareous till.
    C3—178 to 208 centimeters (70.1 to 81.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive, and weak platy; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008810. Calcareous till.