IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959OH135018
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH135-018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - PB-018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69522
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4SW 1/4NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Forrest W. Ferris farm; 0.4 mi. E of junction of Rt. 177 and Camden-Germantown Rd. 500 ft. N of Camden-Germantown Rd.; , , of Sec. 31, Somers Twp. 3 mi. W and 11.5 mi. S of Eaton.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH135—Preble

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: schafer, tornes, mcloda, lerch, hayhurst
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan loess; Wisconsinan till
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/7/1959 (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

    4

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    316.7

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); 10YR 2 (10YR/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009403. pH measured by colorimetric indicator was 6.6. pH measured by meter was 6.3.
    EB—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and black (10YR 2/1) Error; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009404. pH measured by colorimetric indicator was 7.4. pH measured by meter was 6.8.
    BE—36 to 41 centimeters (14.2 to 16.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) Error; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009405. pH measured by colorimetric indicator was 7.4. pH measured by meter was 6.9.
    B—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009406. pH measured by colorimetric indicator was 7.4. pH measured by meter was 7.0.
    BC—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009407. pH measured by colorimetric indicator was 7.5. pH measured by meter was 7.2.
    2C1—58 to 66 centimeters (22.8 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009408. Occasional igneous till pebbles. A layer of limestone fragments present. pH measured by colorimetric indicator was 7.5. pH measured by meter was 7.2.
    3C2—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) Error; massive; firm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009409
    3C3—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); greenish gray (5GY 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009410. Mixed matrix colors.
    3C4—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and greenish gray (5GY 6/1) Error; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009411. Mixed matrix colors.