IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): St. clair
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959OH091002
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH091-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - LG-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69985
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Perry Twp. 2.1 mi. W of East Liberty on the Zanesfield-East Liberty Rd.; turn right on first road, then 1/4 mi. N to first 90 degree left turn. Go (east) back farm lane to C.G. Henry s farm woods, then 288 ft. S of NW corner, and 30 ft. E of west bounda
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH091—Logan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: schafer, heffner, andrus, siegenthaler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - St. clair
  • 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: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/29/1959 (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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009218. Lighter in color after crushing.
    A2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak thick platy structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009219. Lighter in color after crushing.
    E—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; Error; weak medium and coarse platy structure; friable; 11 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009220. Texture may vary to heavy silt loam.
    BE—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; Error; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009221. Clay skins lacking. Very little difference between moist and dry colors.
    B1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely firm; prominent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009222. Very little difference between moist and dry colors.
    B2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; strong medium prismatic, and strong angular blocky structure; extremely firm; clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009223
    B3—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009224. Some carbonates present in parts of horizon.
    BC—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm; clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009225
    CB—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; extremely firm; 15 percent clay films; carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009226
    C1—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; extremely firm; clay films; carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009227
    C2—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; very firm; 1 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009228. Clay till. Very dense and compact.
    C3—132 to 155 centimeters (52.0 to 61.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; very firm; 1 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009229. Clay till. Very dense and compact.
    C4—155 to 183 centimeters (61.0 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; massive; very firm; 1 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009230. Clay till. Very dense and compact.