IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alexandria
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH117002
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH117-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MW-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71868
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: About 2 1/2 mi. SE of Mt. Gilead; T17N R20W; Gilead Twp. E 1/2 of of of Sec. 7. Ausley farm, site is located in woody pasture NNW of farmstead. NNW of farmstead 332 yds. to a point where two field fences join on a tree, 85 ft. S along f
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH117—Morrow

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: wm. brug, c. flesher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alexandria
  • 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: 8/22/1961 (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

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013064
    E—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013065
    BE—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013066
    Bt—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013067. patchy - phpvsfiid 978070; patchy - phpvsfiid 978070
    BC1—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013068. patchy - phpvsfiid 978071; patchy - phpvsfiid 978071
    BC2—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013069. patchy - phpvsfiid 978072; patchy - phpvsfiid 978072
    C1—86 to 97 centimeters (33.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0013070
    C2—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; firm; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0013071
    C2—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; firm; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0013072
    C2—137 to 155 centimeters (53.9 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; firm; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0013073