IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bennington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959OH141083
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH141-083
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - RO-083
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72311
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: UnionTwo. 5 mi. NNW of Chillicothe; 3/4 mi. W of junction of St.Rt. 104 and 277. 2 1/4 mi. NNW of junction of Egypt Pike and US Rt. 35, 150 yds. E of Egypt Pike at that distance.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH141—Ross

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: petro, finney
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bennington
  • 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: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/21/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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 (2.5Y 4/2) Error; strong medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008974
    E—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; weak very fine angular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008975
    EB—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008976
    BE—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008977
    B1—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008978. Few small pebbles.; continuous - phpvsfiid 977335; continuous - phpvsfiid 977335
    B2—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008979. Few small pebbles.; continuous - phpvsfiid 977336; continuous - phpvsfiid 977337; continuous - phpvsfiid 977336; continuous - phpvsfiid 977337
    BC1—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008980. Several small pebbles.; continuous - phpvsfiid 977338; continuous - phpvsfiid 977339; continuous - phpvsfiid 977338; continuous - phpvsfiid 977339
    BC2—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0008981. Small pebbles are common.
    C1—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0008982. Loam till.
    C2—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0008983. Loam till.
    C3—160 to 168 centimeters (63.0 to 66.1 inches); Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008984. Sampled but not described.