IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ockley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959OH135021
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH135-021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - PB-021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72085
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4SW 1/4NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Alvin C. Roberts farm; 11.4 mi. S and 3 mi. E of Eaton in the , , of Sec. 31, Gratis Twp. 100 yds. E of the woods and 528 yds. N of Roberts Rd.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH135—Preble

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan loess; Wisconsinan outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/21/1959 (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
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009887
    BA—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009888
    B1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009889
    B2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009890
    B3—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009891
    B4—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009892
    B5—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009893
    C1—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches); Error; loose; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0009894. Calcareous, loose sand and gravel with many pebbles 1 to 3 inches in diameter.
    C2—140 to 163 centimeters (55.1 to 64.2 inches); Error; loose; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0009895. Calcareous, loose sand and gravel. Very few gravels more than 1 inch in diameter. Sampled with bucket auger.
    C3—163 to 183 centimeters (64.2 to 72.0 inches); Error; loose; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0009896. Calcareous, loose sand and gravel. Very few gravels more than 1 inch in diameter. Sampled with bucket auger.