IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westmoreland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960OH111016
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH111-016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MN-016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71689
  • Print Date: 5/15/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 9.5 mi. S and 6.0 mi. W of Woodsfield; of of of Sec. 32, Bethel Twp. .75 mi. W of Marr, on Co.Rd. 110 ft. N of road.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH111—Monroe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: hayhurst, mcknight, dunlavy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Westmoreland
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/22/1960 (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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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013486
    Ap2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013487. Coarse skeleton of sandstone channers less than 3 inches in diameter. Noticeable intermixing of the BE horizon material.
    BE—15 to 24 centimeters (5.9 to 9.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013488. Coarse skeleton of sandstone channers less than 4 inches in diameter. Some penetrations of the Ap horizon material.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976086; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976086
    B1—24 to 36 centimeters (9.4 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013489. Coarse skeleton of sandstone channers less than 10 inches along the longer axis.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976087; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976087
    B2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on faces of peds and distinct clay films; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013490. Coarse skeleton of shale and sandstone channers less than 7 inches along the longer axis.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976088; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976088
    C1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; firm; 65 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013491. Coarse skeleton of shale channers with soil material in cracks and fractures. Shale color varies with browns and yellows being the dominant colors.
    C2—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) Error; massive; firm; 80 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013492. Coarse skeleton of shale fragments. Clay in fractures between shale fragments.
    C3—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; firm; 7.5YR 2/ (7.5YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 80 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013493. Coarse skeleton of shale fragments. Clay in fractures between shale fragments.
    C4—86 to 97 centimeters (33.9 to 38.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) Error; massive; very firm; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013494. A few shale fragments (less than 1 inch) with black coatings present.
    C5—97 to 109 centimeters (38.2 to 42.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; very firm; 85 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013495. Coarse skeleton of unweathered shale. Clay between shale fractures.