IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miami
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1963OH113007
  • User Pedon ID: 1963-OH113-007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MT-007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72201
  • Print Date: 4/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Approximately 2 mi. W of Farmersville on the Marvin Ulrich farm. 860 ft. S of Farmersville-Gratis Rd. and 2700 ft. E of Preble Co. Line Rd. , , of Sec. 30 in Jackson Twp. T4N, R4E .
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH113—Montgomery

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: lerch, smeck, steiger, davis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Miami
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1963 (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); 10YR 4/ (10YR 4/), Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015838
    E1—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); 10YR 4/ (10YR 4/), Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015839
    E2—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium platy structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, worm casts and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015840
    BE1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015841
    2BE2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015842
    2B1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015843. Frequent angular glacial pebbles.
    2B2—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015844. Shiny ped surfaces. Frequent angular glacial pebbles.
    2B3—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015845. Frequent till pebbles. (This horizon had a tip of calcareous till occurring behind it in the sampling face of the pit. The sample taken from this horizon does not include the calcareous till.)
    2BC—84 to 94 centimeters (33.1 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015846. Breaks along vertical structure planes. (This horizon is a mixture of the B3 horizon above and slightly calcareous till.)
    2C1—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015847. Mixture of matrix colors.
    2C2—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0015848. Mixture of matrix colors. More compact than C1.
    2C3—132 to 155 centimeters (52.0 to 61.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0015849. Bucket auger sample.
    2C4—155 to 180 centimeters (61.0 to 70.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0015850. Bucket auger sample.