IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 1962OH119S06

User Pedon ID: 1962-OH119-S06

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - OHSTATE

Lab Pedon # - MS-s06

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69925

Print Date: 3/13/2025

LOCATION

Location Description: Washington Twp. T.1 R.7; 1 1/2 mi. E of Zanesville on old Rt. 40 and 820 ft. W of the intersection of U.S. 40 and Interstate 70. Site is at the top of the south embankment along Interstate 70.

State: Ohio

County: OH119—Muskingum

PEDON

Describers Name: l. p. wilding

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Alford

Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: Wisconsinan loess; Sandstone + shale

Landform: stream terrace

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 11/26/1962 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover

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
1	—	—	286.5	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and 10YR 4 (10YR/4) Error; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014800

E—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and 10YR 4 (10YR/4) Error; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014801

BE—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) medium faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds and faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014802. patchy - phpvsfiid 977557; patchy - phpvsfiid 977558; patchy - phpvsfiid 977557; patchy - phpvsfiid 977558

B1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) medium faint mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014803. patchy - phpvsfiid 977559; patchy - phpvsfiid 977559

B2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); 10YR 4/ (10YR 4/), Error; weak fine and medium prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; firm; faint 10YR 4 (10YR4), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014804. continuous - phpvsfiid 977560; continuous - phpvsfiid 977560

B3—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) Error; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds and distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014805. continuous - phpvsfiid 977561; patchy - phpvsfiid 977562; continuous - phpvsfiid 977561; patchy - phpvsfiid 977562

B4—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) medium faint mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds and faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014806. patchy - phpvsfiid 977563; patchy - phpvsfiid 977564; patchy - phpvsfiid 977563; patchy - phpvsfiid 977564

BC—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) Error; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds and faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014807. patchy - phpvsfiid 977565; patchy - phpvsfiid 977566; patchy - phpvsfiid 977565; patchy - phpvsfiid 977566

C1—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) Error; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine faint mottles; friable; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds and faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014808. patchy - phpvsfiid 977567; patchy - phpvsfiid 977568; patchy - phpvsfiid 977567; patchy - phpvsfiid 977568

2CA—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine faint mottles; firm; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds and faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014809. patchy - phpvsfiid 977569; patchy - phpvsfiid 977570; patchy - phpvsfiid 977569; patchy - phpvsfiid 977570

2A—127 to 135 centimeters (50.0 to 53.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) Error; 11 percent black (10YR 2/1) coarse distinct mottles; firm; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014810

2E—135 to 147 centimeters (53.1 to 57.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; 11 percent black (10YR 2/1) coarse distinct mottles; firm; 11 percent coarse distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014811

2BE—147 to 163 centimeters (57.9 to 64.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) coarse distinct mottles; firm; 11 percent coarse faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014812

2B1—163 to 178 centimeters (64.2 to 70.1 inches); 2.5Y 4/6 (2.5Y 4/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) Error; firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014813. Mixture of colors.

2B2—178 to 208 centimeters (70.1 to 81.9 inches); 2.5Y 4/6 (2.5Y 4/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) Error; very firm; light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0014814. Mixture of colors. Numerous partially decomposed shale chips. Shale residuum.

2BC—208 to 234 centimeters (81.9 to 92.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and light gray (N 7/), Error; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0014815. Mixture of colors. Numerous partially decomposed shale chips. Shale residuum. Bucket auger sample.

3R—234 to 244 centimeters (92.1 to 96.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0014816. Auger sample. Semi-consolidated Pennsylvanian sandstone residuum. Below 96 inches too consolidated to drill through with a bucket auger.