IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilpin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH009W03
  • User Pedon ID: 1962-OH009-W03
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AT-W03
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69827
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4NE 1/4
  • Location Description: , , Waterloo Wildlife area at junction of state routes 56 and 356 approximately 7 miles west of Athens. Plot located 1.8 miles west of Division Headquarters along main ridge access road. 135 feet south from road.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH009—Athens
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. Wenner, F. Baker, R. Meeker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/27/1962 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    298.7

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014443. estimated moderately rapid permeability; no coarse skeleton;
    Oi—5 to 5 centimeters (2.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Oak leaf layer. Trace of mull layer.
    E—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014444. estimated moderate permeability; less than 5% coarse skeleton of 1/2 X 1? sandstone fragments; some A1 material intermingled with this horizon;
    Bt—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014445. estimated permeability moderately slow; 10% coarse skeleton of 1/2 X 2 to 3? shale fragments; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977845; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977845
    BC—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014446. estimated permeability moderately slow; 40% coarse skeleton 1? X 5 to 6? pieces of shale;
    R—61 to 66 centimeters (24.0 to 26.0 inches); fragments. Shale bedrock