IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bennington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH139S02
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH139-S02
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - RC-s02
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70499
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: of of Sec. 4 , Madison Twp.; approximately 3/4 mi.E on Berry Rd. from Bowman Rd.; 20 yds. S of Berry Rd. at the edge of a pine plantation.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH139—Richland
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bureau , Boyce
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bennington
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 36 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/1961 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate fine granular structure; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012729
    A1—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; moderate medium platy structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012730
    B1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 11 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012731
    B1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; 11 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012732
    B1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; 33 percent manganese coatings; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012733. clay flows prominent; Sample not received.
    B1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 35 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012734. Sampled at 24-30? 30-36?
    B1—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 35 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012735. Sampled at 24-30? 30-36?
    C1—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0012736. calcareous.