IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH091014
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH091-014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - LG-014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70363
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 6.3 mi. E of Bellefontaine and 2.5 mi. N; 2330 ft. E of junction of Co.Rd. 127 and 126 (Tiths Rd.) and 270 ft. S of Co.Rd. 127 on Joe Hall farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH091—Logan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: heffner, siegenthaler, andrus
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • 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: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/27/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak medium granular, and platy structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012658
    BE—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012659. Horizon ranges from 3 to 4 inches thick.
    B1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; faint clay films; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012660. Horizon ranges from 4 to 5 inches thick.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978769; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978769
    B2—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; strong, and moderate subangular blocky structure; extremely firm; faint clay films; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012661. Horizon ranges from 7 to 10 inches thick.; continuous - phpvsfiid 978770; continuous - phpvsfiid 978770
    BC—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive, and weak subangular blocky; very firm; faint clay films; 33 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012662. Horizon ranges from 3 to 6 inches thick. Tongues of BC horizon extend into upper C1.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978771; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978771
    C1—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; 11 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0012663. Compact. Increase in limestone fragments 1 to 3 inches in size.
    C2—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; 11 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0012664. Compact. Increase in limestone fragments 1 to 3 inches in size.
    C3—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; massive; 11 percent fine faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0012665. Coarse skeleton decreases with depth.
    C4—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; massive; 11 percent fine faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0012666. Coarse skeleton decreases with depth.