IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miami
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959OH135014
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH135-014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - PB-014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70068
  • Print Date: 4/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 3.6 mi. S and 4.2 mi. E of Eaton, 25yds. W and 50 yds. S of the NE corner of the of Sec. 20, Lanier Twp. Ruth Habekost farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH135—Preble

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: lerch, mcloda, tornes
  • 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: 7/31/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    298.7

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009363
    E—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009364
    B1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; firm; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009365
    B2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; firm; prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009366. Few limestone fragments and small igneous gravel present.
    BC—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009367. Tonguing of B2 into the BC horizon. Few limestone fragments and till pebbles present.
    C1—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; massive; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009368. Mottles appear as streaks and patches throughout the horizon. Occasional thin dark coating and staining into the C1 from the BC horizon. Limestone till fragments mixed throughout.
    C2—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009369. Mottles appear as streaks and patches throughout the horizon. Few limestone till fragments mixed throughout.