IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959OH063001
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH063-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HK-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69381
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 8
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH063—Hancock
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jones, r. b.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crosby
  • Classificaton Date - 3/31/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 29 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/31/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak medium granular structure; 7.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSUA000933
    E—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; medium angular blocky structure; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSUA000934
    Btg1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; medium prismatic, and angular blocky structure; 11 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000935
    Btg2—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; prismatic structure; 3.0 roots; 11 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000936
    C—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; 3.0 roots; 33 percent coarse dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0000937