IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Guernsey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH115003
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH115-003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MO-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69896
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: MEIGSVILLE
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 4 miles east of McConnelsville in of of Sec. 9, Meigsville Twp. on southwest facing slope in wooded area on Delmer Glenn Farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH115—Morgan
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dunlavy & Bradley
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Guernsey
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: shale-clay
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/28/1961 (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

    9

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    274.3

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    225

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Aoo ? forest litter. Not sampled. Ao ? trace. Not sampled.
    A1—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012048. Very dark grayish brown silt loam. sample # 12048
    A1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012049. Dark graysh brown silt loam. sample # 12049
    A1—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012050. Yellowish brown silt loam. 5-8? sample # 12050 8-11? sample # 12051
    A1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012051. Yellowish brown silt loam. 5-8? sample # 12050 8-11? sample # 12051
    A1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012052. Yellowish brown silt loam. 11-15? sample # 12052 15-18? sample # 12053
    A1—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012053. Yellowish brown silt loam. 11-15? sample # 12052 15-18? sample # 12053
    2B1—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012054. Yellowish brown silty clay loam. sample # 12054
    B1—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; 1 percent fine faint light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012055. Yellowish brown silty clay loam with few, fine, faint light gray mottles. 22-26? sample # 12055 26-31? sample # 12056
    B1—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; 1 percent fine faint light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012056. Yellowish brown silty clay loam with few, fine, faint light gray mottles. 22-26? sample # 12055 26-31? sample # 12056
    B1—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012057. Yellowish brown clay. 31-35? sample # 12057 35-39? sample # 12058
    B1—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012058. Yellowish brown clay. 31-35? sample # 12057 35-39? sample # 12058
    B1—102 to 112 centimeters (40.2 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; 33 percent fine faint light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012059. Yellowish brown clay with many fine, faint, light gray mottles. 39-43? sample # 12059 43-47? sample # 12060 47-51? sample # 12061
    B1—112 to 122 centimeters (44.1 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; 33 percent fine faint light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012060. Yellowish brown clay with many fine, faint, light gray mottles. 39-43? sample # 12059 43-47? sample # 12060 47-51? sample # 12061
    B1—122 to 132 centimeters (48.0 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; 33 percent fine faint light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012061. Yellowish brown clay with many fine, faint, light gray mottles. 39-43? sample # 12059 43-47? sample # 12060 47-51? sample # 12061
    C—132 to 155 centimeters (52.0 to 61.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; 33 percent fine faint olive (5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # OSU0012062. Light olive gray clay with faint, medium common, olive mottles. 51-60? sample # 12062 60-69? sample # 12063
    C—155 to 178 centimeters (61.0 to 70.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; 33 percent fine faint olive (5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # OSU0012063. Light olive gray clay with faint, medium common, olive mottles. 51-60? sample # 12062 60-69? sample # 12063
    C—178 to 216 centimeters (70.1 to 85.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; 33 percent fine faint olive (5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # OSU0012064. Bucket auger was used to go on down from 69-84?; no apparent change [from Horizon 9] noted. sample # 12064