IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Millsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH109015
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH109-015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MM-015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70681
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Bethel Twp. of of Sec. 28; 2030 ft. N and 651 ft. W of the junction of Rudy Rd. and Studebaker Rd.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH109—Miami

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: heffner, andrus, oen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Millsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till; Limestone
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/7/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012633
    AB—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent faint clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012634. Horizon varies from 3 to 4 inches thick.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978255; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978255
    Bg1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films; 1 percent medium distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012635. Horizon varies from 4 to 5 inches thick.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978256; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978256
    Bg2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) Error; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; prominent clay films; 33 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012636. Horizon varies from 3 to 5 inches thick.; continuous - phpvsfiid 978257; continuous - phpvsfiid 978257
    Bg3—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) Error; strong angular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012637. Numerous partly weathered limestone fragments. Horizon varies from 7 to 8 inches thick. Tongues of this horizon extend into the BC horizon.
    2BC—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); gray (N 6/), Error; friable; faint clay films; 11 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 60 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0012638. Coarse skeleton of partly weathered limestone fragments. Dark layers of silty material occur between the limestone fragments. Horizon varies from 5 to 10 inches thick. Horizon appears to be derived partly from weathered limestone.
    2R—86 to 91 centimeters (33.9 to 35.8 inches); fragments. Limestone bedrock.