IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cruze
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH141086
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH141-086
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - RO-086
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69862
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Eight mi. by road W of Chillicothe city limits on Owl Creek Rd; on wooded hillside about 300 yds. N of road and 400 yds. E of farmhouse.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH141—Ross

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: petro, srodes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cruze
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Colluvium
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/29/1961 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    12

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; strong medium granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011742. Numerous small shale fragments and few sandstone fragments.
    E—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011743. Numerous small shale fragments and few sandstone fragments.
    BE—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011744. Coarse skeleton of small shale fragments and some sandstone; average size is 0.5 inch across.
    B1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011745. Coarse skeleton of small shale fragments and some sandstone; average size is 0.5 inch across.
    B2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011746. Coarse skeleton of small shale fragments and some sandstone; average size is 0.5 inch across.
    BC—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 28 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011747. Coarse skeleton mainly of small shale and some sandstone.
    C—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; firm; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0011748. Coarse skeleton of small shale and some sandstone. Fragments oriented horizontally, darker colored and less weathered than in above horizon (Ohio shale). This horizon remains unchanged for about 4 feet.