IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cardington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH139S04
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH139-S04
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - RC-s04
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72601
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4SW 1/4
  • Location Description: , ; Sharon Twp. , NW of Moose Lodge Bldg. Fresh cut.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH139—Richland
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tom Boyce
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cardington
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 35 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/1961 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium granular structure; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012750
    A1—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate medium granular structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012751. structure has a tendency toward platiness in the lower side; sturcture moe firm than Ap;
    A1—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; moderate medium granular structure; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012752. structure visibly platy in place; structure soft with occasional hard ped, not as friable as upper two horizons;
    B1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012753
    B1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium angular blocky structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012754
    B1—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium angular blocky structure; prominent clay films; manganese coatings; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012755. few roots between ped surfaces; continuous - phpvsfiid 978484; continuous - phpvsfiid 978484
    B1—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium angular blocky structure; clay films; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012756
    B1—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; clay films; 1 percent fine faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012757. calcareous.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978486; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978486
    C1—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0012758. calcaroeous.
    C1—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0012759. Auger sample for CaCO3 determination.