IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Melvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH111029
  • User Pedon ID: 1962-OH111-029
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MN-029
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72340
  • Print Date: 4/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 6 1/2 mi. N and 7 1/4 mi. W of Woodsfield, of of of of Sec. 6, Seneca Twp. 0.8 mi. NE of junction of Co.Rd. 39 on St.Rt. 379. 375 ft. S of St.Rt. 379; 30 ft. E and 60 ft. S of utility pole #727 located E of farm house.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH111—Monroe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: hayhurst, rubel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Melvin
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 11 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015545. Permeability is moderate.
    C1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; 33 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0015546. Few pieces of partially decomposed woody material less than 5 mm in size. Permeability is moderately slow.
    C2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; 33 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0015547. Few pieces of partially decomposed woody material less than 5 mm in size. Permeability is moderately slow.
    C3—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; 33 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0015548. Few pieces of partially decomposed woody material less than 5 mm in size. Permeability is moderately slow.
    C4—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; 33 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015549. Few pieces of partially decomposed woody material less than 5 mm in size. Permeability is moderately slow.
    C5—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; 11 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015550. Permeability is moderately slow.
    C6—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; 11 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015551. Permeability is moderately slow. Coarse skeletion of material less than 1 inch in diameter consisting of limestone and fine grained sandstone pebbles.
    C7—137 to 178 centimeters (53.9 to 70.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; massive; 11 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015552. Permeability is moderately slow. Bucket auger sample.
    C8—178 to 244 centimeters (70.1 to 96.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; massive; 33 percent fine prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015553. Permeability is moderately slow. Bucket auger sample.
    R—244 to 249 centimeters (96.1 to 98.0 inches); fragments. Stopped by stone or large gravel. Not sampled.