IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Millsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960OH109008
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH109-008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MM-008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69318
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: of the of Sec. 32 of Newberry Twp.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH109—Miami

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: heffner, andrus
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Millsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till; Limestone
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/18/1960 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011580
    Bg1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; , moist, organic stains and faint clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011581
    Bg2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark gray (N 4/), Error; weak fine angular blocky structure; very firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # OSU0011582
    Bg3—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011583
    BC—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) Error; massive; friable; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011584. Coarse skeletal material is large.
    R—66 to 71 centimeters (26.0 to 28.0 inches); fragments. Limestone bedrock. Not sampled.