IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH059W02
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH059-W02
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GR-w02
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69016
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Adams Twp. of Sec. 19 on Girl Scout Camp land. 800 ft. south of spring house where access road turns north to lodge buildings in middle of west facing slope.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH059—Guernsey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: dunlavy & bradley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Sandstone; Shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/30/1961 (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

    35

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Deciduous leaves and forest litter. Trace. Not sampled.
    A1—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012073. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments 1 to 3 inches on long axis.
    A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012074. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments to 3 inches on long axis.
    BA1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # OSU0012075. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments to 3 inches on long axis.
    BA2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012076. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments to 3 inches on long axis.
    B—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012077. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments to 3 inches on long axis.
    BC1—48 to 56 centimeters (18.9 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # OSU0012078. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments to 3 inches on long axis. Occasional red and gray clay shale fragments.
    BC2—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012079. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments to 3 inches on long axis. Occasional red and gray clay shale fragments.
    C1—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); gray (N 6/), Error; massive; very firm; 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium prominent weak red (10R 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 90 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # OSU0012080. Coarse skeleton is weathered clay shale with some fine-grained sandstone fragments to 4 inches on long axis.
    C2—79 to 124 centimeters (31.1 to 48.8 inches); gray (N 6/), Error; massive; very firm; 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium prominent weak red (10R 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 90 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # OSU0012081. Coarse skeleton is weathered clay shale with some fine-grained sandstone fragments to 4 inches on long axis.