IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mortimer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959-OH063-019
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH063-019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HK-019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70357
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 41.0717239
  • Std. Longitude: -83.7090149
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 4
  • Location Description: Liberty Twp. 15 rods W of Co. Rd. 139 and 30 rods S of Twp. Rd. 95. NE 60 of SE 160 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 Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mortimer
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 24 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1959 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium granular structure; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009629
    BA—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009630
    Bt1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009631
    Bt2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009632
    BC—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0009633. calcareous;
    C1—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0009634. calcareous;
    C2—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0009635
    C3—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; massive, and weak subangular blocky; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0009636. calcareous;
    C4—140 to 173 centimeters (55.1 to 68.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; massive; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0009637. calcareous; horizon sampled at 55-64? 64-73?
    C4—173 to 185 centimeters (68.1 to 72.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; massive; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0009638. calcareous; horizon sampled at 55-64? 64-73?
    C5—185 to 208 centimeters (72.8 to 81.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0009639. calcareous; horizon sampled at 73-82? 82-91?
    C5—208 to 231 centimeters (81.9 to 90.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0009640. calcareous; horizon sampled at 73-82? 82-91?