IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cruze
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH001S08
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH001-S08
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AD-s08
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71617
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Sprigg Twp. 10.2 mi. SW of West Union on SR 41 to Co. Rd. 20 (Bradysville Rd.) then 2.0 mi. NW on this road to farm lane. 0.25 mi. NE on this lane, Fred Smith farm. Sample site approximately 200 ft. to the NW and approx. 4 mi. W NW of Manchester.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH001—Adams

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: shumate, tabb
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cruze
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ellsberry
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess; Shale + limestone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013590. Weak to moderate structure in upper 2?. Slightly hard when dry. Abundant roots in upper 2- 3? and plentiful in remainder of horizon.
    BA—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films and faint silt coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013591. Nonsticky and nonplastic when wet, slightly hard when dry.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977869; patchy - phpvsfiid 977870; patchy - phpvsfiid 977869; patchy - phpvsfiid 977870
    Bt1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013592. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet, hard when dry.
    Bt2—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); 7.5YR 5/ (7.5YR 5/), and 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), Error; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; faint 7.5YR 5/ (7.5YR 5/), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses and 33 percent fine and medium prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine and medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013593. Some weak, discontinuous, medium & fine peds. Very sticky and very plastic when wet, very hard when dry.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977872; patchy - phpvsfiid 977872
    Bt3—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; 11 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse angular blocky, and weak angular blocky structure; very firm; slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013594. Mottles are described as ?mottlings .. of concretionary materials?. Very sticky and very plastic when wet, very hard when dry. Slickensides described as vertical and diagonally oriented cracks, the surfaces of which appear to have thick 2.5Y 5/4 clay flo
    2Cr—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); fragments. 85-95% Partially weathered, calcitic, highly fossiliferous, horizontally oriented limestone flags up to 10? length and 1? thickness. Interiors relatively unweathered. 5-15% clay coats.Thin interbedded, highly fossiliferous, calcitic limestone and 2.5Y 5/2