IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lykens
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH033008
  • User Pedon ID: 1962-OH033-008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CR-008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70903
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4 NE1/4
  • Location Description: 2mi N & 0.75mi E of Broken Sword, Ohio. Orville Eppy farm. Photo # BVA-1G-64.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH033—Crawford
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. j. f. hole
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lykens
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 62 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/28/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; fine granular structure; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014219
    E—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; moderate fine and medium platy structure; 11 percent medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014220
    BA—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 11 percent medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014221
    Bw—41 to 74 centimeters (16.1 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 11 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014222
    BC—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 11 percent coarse distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014223
    2C1—104 to 119 centimeters (40.9 to 46.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) Error; massive; 1 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent coarse distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014224
    3C1—119 to 157 centimeters (46.9 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; 11 percent coarse prominent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # OSU0014225. auger sample.
    3C1—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; 1 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0014226. auger sample.