IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miami
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH091011
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH091-011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - LG-011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69589
  • Print Date: 4/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 5 1/2 mi. E of Bellefontaine and 2 1/2 mi. N; 300 ft. N of junction of Co.Rd. 127 and 126 ( Tiths Rd.) and 880 ft. W of Co.Rd. 126. Harold Renkert farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH091—Logan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: heffner, siegenthaler, urban
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Miami
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/1961 (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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012639
    BE—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium platy, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012640. Horizon ranges from 3 to 5 inches thick.
    B1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012641. Horizon ranges from 7 to 12 inches thick.
    B2—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; faint clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012642. Numerous ferruginous accumulations.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978173; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978173
    B3—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; faint clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012643. Coarse skeleton increases. Ferruginous accumulations decrease.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978174; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978174
    BC—64 to 69 centimeters (25.2 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive, and subangular blocky; very firm; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012644. Coarse skeleton increases. Few ferruginous accumulations.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978175; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978175
    C1—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; clay films; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0012645. Loam till. Dense and compact. Coarse skeleton increases; dominantly limestone fragments.
    C2—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; clay films; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0012646. Loam till. Dense and compact. Coarse skeleton increases; dominantly limestone fragments.