IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colyer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH131W03
  • User Pedon ID: 1962-OH131-W03
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - PK-w03
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71453
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Benton Twp. 3.2 mi. NW from intersection of SR 124 and Pike Co. Rd. 4 to Morgantown then 1.2 mi. W from Morgantown on Cynthiana Rd. Then 0.15 mi. N on Greenbrier Ridge Rd. Sample site is then 50 yds. W into the woods. Site is located 1.14 mi. NE of PK-
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH131—Pike

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: shumate, tabb
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, mesic Lithic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Colyer
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    35

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    231.6

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    180

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    Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Oak leaf litter.
    Oa—4 to 5 centimeters (1.6 to 2.0 inches); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Mor type humus layer.
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015176. Non-sticky and non-plastic when wet. Slightly hard when dry. Estimated permeability - moderately rapid.
    E—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; massive; firm; 1 percent fine faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015177. Non-sticky and non-plastic when wet. Hard when dry. Estimated permeability - moderately slow.
    BE—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015178. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Hard when dry. Estimated permeability - moderate.
    B—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine pores; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015179. Variegated matrix colors include 7.5YR 5/6.Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Hard when dry. Estimated permeability - moderate. Coarse fragments are shale.
    C—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4); 75 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. Moderately weathered shale of Ohio formation. Shale fragments have black interiors. Degree of weathering decreases with depth to about 34 inches. Roots few overall but concentrations in cracks and along bedding planes. Estimated permeability - slow. Not s
    R—86 to 91 centimeters (33.9 to 35.8 inches); fragments. Black bituminous shale of Ohio formation. Relatively unweathered.