IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960OH111001
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH111-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MN-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71027
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4NW 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 5.3 mi. W and 2.3 mi. S of Woodsfield, Wayne Twp.; , of of Sec. 27. 3.35 mi. E of junctions SR 145 and Monroe Co. 17 on Monroe Co 17. 170 ft. NE of road ant barn on George Christman farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH111—Monroe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: e. n. hayhurst, rubel, kelley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Sandstone + shale
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/1960 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    286.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak fine platy, and moderate granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011597. Small piece of limestone found at depth of 6 inches.
    BE—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011598
    B—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011599. A few sandstone fragments are found in this horizon, but less than 10% of the horizon volume.
    R—46 to 51 centimeters (18.1 to 20.1 inches); fragments. Bedrock of sandstone and shale. Not sampled.