IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Otwell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1963OH073014
  • User Pedon ID: 1963-OH073-014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HO-014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70062
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Neotoma Valley; 500 ft. up valley from station no. 1 tower.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH073—Hocking

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: petro, riemenschneider
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Otwell
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Otwell
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinoian lacustrine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Illinoian formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    20

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    254.5

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    45

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Mat of partially decomposed deciduous leaves held together by a network of fine roots. Overlain by leaf litter of previous year. Not sampled.
    A—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; strong fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016032. High in organic matter. Layer held together by thick mat of roots.
    E1—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; weak medium, and moderate granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016033
    E2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016034
    BE—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016035
    Bt1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016036
    Bt2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016037
    B3—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016038
    B4—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016039
    BC1—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; friable; 11 percent medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016040
    BC2—147 to 206 centimeters (57.9 to 81.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016041
    C—206 to 429 centimeters (81.1 to 168.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; massive, and platy; friable; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # OSU0016042. Mottles mostly confined to old root channels.