IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fox
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960OH109003
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH109-003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MM-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71081
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 0.5 mi. N of square in Pleasant Hill on St.Rt. 48, then 1845 ft. W along south line of Marker farm and then 30 ft. N.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH109—Miami

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: andrus
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fox
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 brown (10YR 3/3) Error; weak coarse and very coarse platy structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010869
    E—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) Error; weak coarse platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010870
    BA1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010871
    Bt2—33 to 44 centimeters (13.0 to 17.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; fine angular blocky structure; very firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010872. Coarse sand in this horizon is very noticeable.
    Bt1—44 to 60 centimeters (17.3 to 23.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) Error; fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010873. Coarse sand content increases. A few pebbles present.
    Bt2—60 to 70 centimeters (23.6 to 27.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) Error; fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010874. Coarse sand content about the same as B1. A few pebbles and small stones present.
    Bt3—70 to 81 centimeters (27.6 to 31.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) Error; very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010875. A few pebbles present.
    C1—81 to 89 centimeters (31.9 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010876
    C2—89 to 108 centimeters (35.0 to 42.5 inches); Error; single grain; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0010877. Sand and fine gravel.
    C3—108 to 114 centimeters (42.5 to 44.9 inches); Error; single grain; fragments; strong effervescence. Sand and gravel. Not sampled.