IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH135061
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH135-061
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - PB-061
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72507
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4SE 1/4NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Fudge Farm, 11.5 mi. N of Eaton; 1450 ft. W and 1716 ft. S of NE corner of Sec. 3, Monroe Twp. , , .
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH135—Preble

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: lerch, davis, scholl
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • 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: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011952
    Bg—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); 10YR 1 (10YR/1) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; prominent clay films on faces of peds; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011953
    BCg—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011954. Numerous relict white snail shells within the crayfish channel fillings. Occasional calcareous pockets occur throughout the horizon.
    C1—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011955. Frequent relict snail shells within the crayfish channel fillings. Angular till pebbles (1 to 2 inch diameter) throughout the horizon.
    C2—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011956. Frequent small white thin snail shells within the crayfish channel fillings.
    C3—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011957. Mixed matrix colors. Frequent small white thin snail shells within the crayfish channel fillings.
    C4—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and gray (10YR 6/1) Error; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0011958. Mixed matrix colors. Frequent small white thin snail shells within the crayfish channel fillings. Sampled with bucket auger.
    C5—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and gray (10YR 6/1) Error; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0011959. Mixed matrix colors. Frequent small white thin snail shells within the crayfish channel fillings. Sampled with bucket auger.