IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959OH091006
  • User Pedon ID: 1959OH091006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - LG-006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71080
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 40.4124000
  • Std. Longitude: -83.6445000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Rush Creek Twp. 7 mi. NE of Bellefontaine, 5 mi. W of West Mansfield and 1 1/2 mi. SW of Walnut Grove. 3/4 mi. N of Jct. of St. Rt. 533 and 47, then 1 mi. E on Logan Co. Rd. 26 to right angle turn. 720 ft. E and 206 ft. S of this corner. Charley Whitn
  • Map Unit: NaB—Nappanee silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH091—Logan
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: heffner, siegenthaler, andrus
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1959 (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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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009270
    Ap2—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009271. The only difference from above horizon was the platy structure.
    BE—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009272. Roots still numerous but fewer than in horizon above.; Field texture was silty clay.
    B1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009273. continuous - phpvsfiid 1115318; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115318
    B2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009274
    BC—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009275. Few pebbles. There is a mixing in this horizon of partly leached till and lower B horizon.; Field texture was clay.
    C1—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and gray (10YR 5/1) Error; moderate subangular blocky, and massive; very firm; light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0009276. Silty clay till. Few clay coatings on ped surfaces and along cleavage planes.
    C2—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; massive, and moderate subangular blocky; very firm; light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0009277. Silty clay till. Few clay coatings on ped surfaces and along cleavage planes.; Field texture was silty clay.
    C3—94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; massive; firm; 15 percent clay films; fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0009278. Silty clay till. Few pebbles.; Field texture was silty clay.
    C4—107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; massive; firm; fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0009279. Silty clay till. Few pebbles.; Field texture was silty clay.
    C5—119 to 132 centimeters (46.9 to 52.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; massive; firm; fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0009280. Silty clay till. Few pebbles.; Field texture was silty clay.