IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961-OH039-013
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH039-013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DF-013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71013
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 41.3364258
  • Std. Longitude: -84.7327728
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Hicksville Twp. 50 N and 75 W of SW corner of field.of of Lat & Long approx.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH039—Defiance
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Urban
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 20 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/6/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012932
    BAt—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012933
    Bt—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012934
    Btg—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak medium platy, and moderate angular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012935. calcareous in lower portion.
    C—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; very firm; clay films and organic stains; 11 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012936. pit depth 38 inches.