IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH075W05
  • User Pedon ID: 1962-OH075-W05
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HL-w05
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70368
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4NW 1/4NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 1 mi. N and 1.1 mi. W of Stillwell in the , , of Sec. 22; T8N R9W. Robert Watts farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH075—Holmes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: black, mc loda
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/1962 (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

    40

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Fresh hardwood leaf litter. Not sampled.
    Oe—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Decayed hardwood leaf litter. Not sampled.
    A1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark gray (N 4/), Error; single grain, and weak granular; very friable; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014066. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments up to 6 inches across. Permeability is very rapid.
    A2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; structureless massive; very friable; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014067. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments up to 6 inches across. Permeability is very rapid.
    E1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; structureless massive; very friable; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014068. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments up to 6 inches across. Permeability is very rapid.
    E2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014069. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments up to 6 inches across. Permeability is very rapid.
    E/B—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 60 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014070. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments up to 6 inches across. Permeability rapid.
    CB—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 90 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014071. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments up to 6 inches across. Permeability rapid.
    R—71 to 76 centimeters (28.0 to 29.9 inches); fragments. Briar Hill sandstone bedrock.