IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rossmoyne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH001W10
  • User Pedon ID: 1962-OH001-W10
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AD-w10
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71541
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Winchester Twp. 1.1 mi. W of Seaman on SR 74; then 1.1 mi. on Mt. Zion Rd. to Wayne Garrison farm. 0.45 mi. S of farm buildings to sample site.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH001—Adams

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: shumate, tabb, giessler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rossmoyne
  • 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: moderately well
  • Geology: Illinoian formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015151. Estimated permeability moderate.
    Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak thick platy, and weak granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015152. Nonsticky and nonplastic when wet. Many fine pores. Estimated permeability moderate.
    Bt1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015153. Nonsticky and nonplastic when wet. Estimated permeability moderate. pH grades to 5.2 in lower part of horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977960; patchy - phpvsfiid 977960
    Bt2—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015154. Nonsticky and nonplastic when wet. Estimated permeability moderate. pH grades to 5.2 in lower part of horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977959; patchy - phpvsfiid 977959
    E—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats; 1 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015155. Nonsticky and nonplastic when wet. Estimated permeability moderate.
    2Bx—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak platy structure; firm; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015156. Somewhat brittle when moist; slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Estimated permeability slow.
    2BC1—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # OSU0015157. Plastic and slightly sticky when wet. Estimated permeability moderately slow.
    2BC2—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; firm; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # OSU0015158. Plastic and slightly sticky when wet. Estimated permeability moderately slow.
    2C—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0015159. Slightly plastic and slightly sticky when wet. Estimated permeability moderate. Calcareous.