IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cardington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH129004
  • User Pedon ID: 1962-OH129-004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - PY-004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69783
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Approx. 1 mi. NE of Whisler or 10.5 mi. SE of Circleville, CTR , of Sec. 28; T10N, R20W, in Salt Creek Twp. Or from intersection of St.Rd. 159 with St.Rd. 56, go E on 56 1 mi.; turn S on Shoemaker Rd. for 0.9 mi.; turn E on Holderman-Heffn
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH129—Pickaway

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: brug, flesher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cardington
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1962 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015242
    E—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak very fine and fine platy, and moderate granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015243
    BE—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015244
    B1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015245. A few sandstone fragments 1 inch in diameter.
    B2—46 to 53 centimeters (18.1 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015246. A few small pebbles.
    B3—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015247. Few coarse fragments of shale and limestone.
    CB—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; massive; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015248. Some small pebbles and shale fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 978268; patchy - phpvsfiid 978268
    C1—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; friable; 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015249. Few small shale fragments.
    C2—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; friable; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015250. Numerous large shale fragments (brown), break up in sample, noticeable mica content. Bucket auger sample.
    C3—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; friable; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 45 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015251. Numerous large 10YR 4/4 or 2.5Y 4/4 shale fragments. Bucket auger sample.
    C4—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; friable; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015252. Numerous large 2.5Y 4/4 shale fragments. Bucket auger sample. Stopped at 62 inches by either abundant shale in till or by shale bedrock. Shale has not been observed outcropping in this area. The last three horizons sampled have considerable ground up shal