IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westmoreland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH013W06
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH013-W06
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - BT-w06
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71218
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4SE 1/4SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 2.5 mi. E and 5.0 mi. S of Barnesville. ,,of Sec. 4, Somerset Twp. Tom Skinner farm, 80 ft. below Stumptown Rd. and 0.25 mi. N of junction of Ohio 8.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH013—Belmont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: hayhurst, bradley, feisley, dunlavy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Westmoreland
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/1961 (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

    30

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) Error; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013538
    E1—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak platy, and weak granular structure; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013539
    E2—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; fine subangular blocky structure; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013540
    EB—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013541
    Bt1—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013542
    Bt2—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013543
    BC—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013544. Lithic contact; underlain by fractured sandstone.
    R—109 to 114 centimeters (42.9 to 44.9 inches); fragments.