IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tuscarawas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959OH157S02
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH157-S02
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - TU-s02
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72568
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Fairfield Twp. Sec. 5, of . Site is located about 550 ft. N of structure site at confluence of two small streams and about 125 ft. ENE and upslope from valley floor.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH157—Tuscarawas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: baker, boyce, marston, whipkey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tuscarawas
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Alluvium; Sandstone + shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/24/1959 (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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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2); fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # OSU0009813. Mull of litter of oak, beech, tulip, dogwood, greenbriar, blackberry, etc.
    Oe—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009814. Mull more decomposed than above layer; individual species not identifiable with naked eye.
    A1—5 to 9 centimeters (2.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009815. Sandstone fragments common. Many quartz sand grains visible.
    A2—9 to 14 centimeters (3.5 to 5.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009816. Sandstone fragments common. Occasional tongues up to 1-2 inches in diameter extend into this horizon from the horizon above (A1).
    E1—14 to 28 centimeters (5.5 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009817. Structure is better developed in lower part of horizon. Sandstone fragments up to 1.5 inches in diameter are common.
    E2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009818. Sandstone fragments up to 1.5 inches in diameter are common. Lower boundary of this horizon is clear and wavy; however, lower natural boundary of total E2 is clear and irregular to broken as indicated in next lower horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 976104; patchy - phpvsfiid 976104
    B/E—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0009819. This horizon is about 65% B and 35% E materials. Tongues of E range from 0.75 to 0.25 inches in diameter.
    B1—46 to 53 centimeters (18.1 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009820. Few sandstone fragments up to 2 inches in diameter.; patchy - phpvsfiid 976105; patchy - phpvsfiid 976105
    B2—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009821. patchy - phpvsfiid 976106; patchy - phpvsfiid 976106
    BCx1—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) Error; very coarse, and massive; very firm; prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009822. Peds appear to have a polygonal structure; ped interiors are massive. Friable when crushed. Fragipan is well developed. A tongue of dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam material extends about 2 feet into the fragipan horizon. Tongue is about 2; continuous - phpvsfiid 976107; continuous - phpvsfiid 976107
    BCx2—97 to 132 centimeters (38.2 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) Error; very firm; prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009823. Peds appear to have a polygonal structure; ped interiors are massive. Friable when crushed. An occasional sandstone fragment with interiors of 10YR 6/8 fragments appear to be highly weathered.; continuous - phpvsfiid 976108; continuous - phpvsfiid 976108
    BCx3—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) Error; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0009824. Polygonal structure is very poorly developed; ped interiors are massive. Fragipan is only moderately developed.
    C1—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9. Lab sample # OSU0009825. Sampled with auger. Firm in place. Occasional silty pockets present.
    R2—178 to 183 centimeters (70.1 to 72.0 inches); fragments. Bedrock - as far as it could be determined the bedrock is sandstone.