IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959-OH063-015
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH063-015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HK-015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71664
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 40.9502869
  • Std. Longitude: -83.8628540
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Union Twp. 2 mi. NW Mt Cory at SW intersection roads C37 and T51; 350ft S of C37 and 150ft W of T51. Lat & Long approx.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH063—Hancock
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: evans/ rapparlie/ baldridge/ donaldson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 31 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/24/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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) Error; moderate fine granular structure; 7.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008574
    BA—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 roots; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008575
    Bt1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.9 roots; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008576
    Bt2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 11 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008577
    Bt3—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 11 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008578
    C1—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008579. calcareous;
    C1—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008580. calcareous;
    C1—132 to 163 centimeters (52.0 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008581. calcareous;
    C1—163 to 193 centimeters (64.2 to 76.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008582. calcareous;
    C1—193 to 224 centimeters (76.0 to 88.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008583. calcareous;
    C1—224 to 241 centimeters (88.2 to 94.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; massive; 11 percent medium distinct 7.5YR 6/0 (7.5YR 6/0), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008584. calcareous;