IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH111021
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH111-021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MN-021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71283
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 7.3 mi. W and 4.5 mi. S of Woodsfield, Franklin Twp. of Se 1/4 of of Sec. 1. 760 ft. W of Co.Rd. 16; 0.95 mi. S of Co.Rds. 16 and 12 junction.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH111—Monroe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: hayhurst, rubel, kelley
  • 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
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/17/1961 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    50

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    313.9

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    225

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Leaf litter from deciduous trees. Not sampled.
    Oe—1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Humus and partially decomposed leaf litter. Not sampled.
    A1—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011792
    A2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011793
    BA—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011794. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977493; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977493
    B1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011795. Coarse skeleton of sandstone fragments from 0.25 to 3 inches in diameter.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977494; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977494
    B2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011796. Coarse skeleton of sandstone fragments from 0.25 to 3 inches in diameter.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977495; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977495
    B3—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; firm; clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011797. Grading toward a silty clay loam. Coarse skeleton of sandstone fragments from 0.25 to 3 inches in diameter.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977496; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977496
    B4—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; firm; clay films; 11 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011798. Grading toward a silty clay loam. Coarse skeleton of sandstone fragments from 0.25 to 5 inches in diameter.
    CB—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; 55 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011799. Coarse skeleton of sandstone fragments from 0.25 to 5 inches in diameter.
    R—79 to 84 centimeters (31.1 to 33.1 inches); fragments. Stopped by fractured sandstone. Not sampled.