IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bratton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH001S15
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH001-S15
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AD-s15
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70867
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Bratton Twp. 4.8 mi. WNW of Beebles on SR 74 to entrance of SW parking lot, Tranquility Wildlife Area (ADNR); then .05 mi. NNW(through and past the parking lot) and .1 mi. E to sample site. Approximately 4 1/2 mi. ENE of Seaman.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH001—Adams

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess; Limestone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/2/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse and very coarse granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013647. Granular strucrture is best developed in the upper inch; tends toward weak thick platiness in places. Nonsticky and nonplastic when wet. Fine pores common.
    E—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; weak platy, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats and 35 percent 5YR 4/ (5YR 4/), moist, clay films; 11 percent fine and medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013648. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Mottles appear to be due to degradation processes. Clay films have a thin varnished appearance.
    Bt—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint 5YR 4/ (5YR 4/), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine and medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013649. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Few fine pores. Mottles appear to be due to degradation processes.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977890; patchy - phpvsfiid 977890
    Bt—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) Error; weak angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013650. Sticky and plastic when wet, hard to very hard when dry.
    Bt—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and weak angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013651. Sticky and plastic when wet, hard to very hard when dry.
    Bt—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) Error; weak angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013652. Sticky and plastic when wet, hard to very hard when dry.
    BC—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013653. Sticky and plastic when wet, slightly hard when dry. Matrix texture appears to be a silt loam, but when crushed it is silty clay loam, probably due to the large prominent clay flows on the surface and the clay-filled cavities in the ped interiors.
    C—99 to 102 centimeters (39.0 to 40.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8); fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Thin, discontinuous horizon ranging from 0 to 1 inch thickness. Texture ?somewhat sandy?.
    R—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8); fragments. Slightly weathered dolomitic limestone.