IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH119W04
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH119-W04
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MS-w04
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71644
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 6 mi. W of Zanesville, 1.3 mi. SE of intersection of U.S. Rt.40 and Muskingum Co. Rd. 34; on Muskingum Co. Rd. 34 and 0.3 mi. N and 1000 ft. E below pine planting, above stream. Niles Erickson tract on Hopewell Twp.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH119—Muskingum

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: dunlavy, meeker, bradley
  • 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: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/22/1961 (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

    25

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    289.6

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    90

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Oak leaf litter. Not sampled.
    Oe—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Mull layer. Not sampled.
    A—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012010
    E—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) Error; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012011
    BE—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012012. Coarse skeleton of loosely bonded sandstone fragments, 2 to 6 inches on long axis.
    B—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012013. Coarse skeleton of loosely bonded sandstone fragments, 2 to 6 inches on long axis.
    Cr—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; friable; 70 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012014. Coarse skeleton of loosely bonded sandstone fragments, 2 to 6 inches on long axis.