IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963OH159016
  • User Pedon ID: 1963OH159016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - UN-016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72379
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.2363056
  • Std. Longitude: -83.4897500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Allen Twp. 1 mi. SW of Allen Center; 825 ft. NW of co. Rd. 148-B; 2900 ft. NE of Co. Rd. 160. Fred Nietz farm.
  • Map Unit: Blg1A1—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH159—Union
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH159—Union County, Ohio
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40083-B4—Milford Center, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ritchie, powell, thompson, matanzo
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1963
  • Classifier - ritchie, powell, thompson, matanzo
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: Powell end moraine on Wisconsin till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015900
    BA—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films; 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015901. patchy - phpvsfiid 1007143; patchy - phpvsfiid 1007143
    Bt—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015902. patchy - phpvsfiid 1007144; patchy - phpvsfiid 1007144
    Btg—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015903. continuous - phpvsfiid 1007145; continuous - phpvsfiid 1007145
    Btg—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015904. continuous - phpvsfiid 1007146; continuous - phpvsfiid 1007146
    CB—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; massive, and weak subangular blocky; very firm; faint clay films; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015905. patchy - phpvsfiid 1007147; patchy - phpvsfiid 1007147
    CB—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; massive, and weak subangular blocky; very firm; faint clay films; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015906. patchy - phpvsfiid 1007148; patchy - phpvsfiid 1007148
    Cd—79 to 119 centimeters (31.1 to 46.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) Error; massive; very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015907
    Cd—119 to 137 centimeters (46.9 to 53.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; massive; very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015908. Field texture was clay loam.