IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clermont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH165059
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH165-059
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - WA-059
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72333
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Harlan Twp. 3 mi. WNW of Blanchester; 2 1/4 mi. E of Butlerville and 0.2 mi. N of old Addis-Mount Rd. (recently renamed Whitacre Rd.)
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH165—Warren

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: evans, garner, ernst, donaldson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Glossaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clermont
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011901. 10YR 6/2 and 10YR 5/4 flecks, discontinuous of A2 mixed into the lower 1 1/2 inch of Ap.
    A2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 33 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011902
    B1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011903
    B21—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 33 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011904. concentration of silt along larger ped faces.
    B22—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) Error; weak medium columnar, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011905. silt tongues. Except for the tongues, this depth represents the extent of the silt mantle.
    58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0011906. silt tongues- some extend downward for more than three feet between ploygons.
    2B23—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) Error; weak medium columnar, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011907. 10YR 6/1 colors on polygon faces and 7.5 5/8 color on interior of polygons.
    2B31—109 to 135 centimeters (42.9 to 53.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) Error; weak medium columnar, and massive; firm; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011908. Thick silty tongue with vesicular holes 2mm. in diameter.
    2B32—135 to 180 centimeters (53.1 to 70.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) Error; mottles; massive; firm; manganese coatings; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011909. N 6/ and N 7/ mottles along silt and clay flows.
    2B33—180 to 213 centimeters (70.9 to 83.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) Error; massive; firm; very dark gray (N 3/), moist, clay films; gray (N 6/), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine distinct light gray (N 7/), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011910. N 3/ and N 4/ clay flows.
    2B34—213 to 229 centimeters (83.9 to 90.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; manganese coatings and 1 percent medium distinct gray (N 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011911
    2B35—229 to 262 centimeters (90.2 to 103.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; massive; firm; dark gray (N 4/), moist, clay films; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent medium distinct gray (N 6/), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011912
    C—262 to 292 centimeters (103.1 to 115.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; firm; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0011913. Matrix color a mixture of 10YR 5/6, 2.5Y 5/4 and N 5/ .
    292 to 318 centimeters (115.0 to 125.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; single grain; loose; fragments. sandy lens.