IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fairmount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH001S18
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH001-S18
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AD-s18
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70284
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Monroe Twp. 6 mi. S of West Union on SR 247 to CR C-2 (Nesbitt Ridge Rd.). Then 3.1 mi. ESE to entrance of the Davon Corp. land, then 450 ft. N on farm lane to site of AD-S17. Then approximately 400 ft. NE to sample site.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH001—Adams

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: shumate, Tabb
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, mesic Lithic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fairmount
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cedarville
  • Classificaton Date - 11/13/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/13/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    38

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    268.2

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    90

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015128. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Few fine pores.
    A2—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015129. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet.
    A3—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015130. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Few fine pores.
    Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015131. Very sticky and very plastic when wet. Occasional fine pores.
    Bt2—41 to 43 centimeters (16.1 to 16.9 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Calcareous. Thickness ranges from 0-1/8 in.
    R—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); fragments. Dolomite.