IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962OH041048
  • User Pedon ID: 1962OH041048
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DL-048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69737
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 40.1527000
  • Std. Longitude: -82.8374000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 3
  • Location Description: 0.15 mi. E of Co.Rd. 27; 2.5 mi. SW of Center Village.
  • Map Unit: BeA—Bennington silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH041—Delaware
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: stone, thompson, matanzo
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bennington
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    3

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    285

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014593
    Bt1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 33 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014594
    Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) Error; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014595
    C1—61 to 83 centimeters (24.0 to 32.7 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014596. Contains numerous small shale fragments.
    C2—83 to 109 centimeters (32.7 to 42.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) Error; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014597
    C3—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; firm; 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014598. Contains small shale and limestone fragments.
    C4—130 to 147 centimeters (51.2 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; firm; 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0014599. Contains numerous shale fragments that average 0.5 inches in length.