IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Seward
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960-OH003-119
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH003-119
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AL-119
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69494
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.6761208
  • Std. Longitude: -84.0384827
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 22
  • Location Description: SW 4 SE 4. 3.25 mi WSW of Westminster, 5 mi. SE of edge of Lima, 1716 ft. W of Schooler Rd., 1056 ft. N of south section line. Located on field sheet BUZ-3F-86.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH003—Allen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: srodes, waters, christman, brock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, mesic Arenic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Seward
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Seward
  • Classificaton Date - 7/5/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/5/1960 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium and coarse granular, and weak subangular blocky structure; very friable; 7.0 roots; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010374
    BA1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010375
    BA2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 roots; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010376
    Bt1—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 roots; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010377. appears to have larger proportion of coarse sand than previous horizons.
    2BCt1—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate prismatic structure; 0.9 roots; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 33 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010378. black shale fragments up to 5? in diameter.
    2C1—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; diffuse broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010379. calcareous till.
    2C2—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0010380. highly compacted calcareous till.