IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Avonburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1964OH025001
  • User Pedon ID: 1964-OH025-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CL-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69247
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 3/8 mi. N and 300 ft. E of junction of Ohio 131 and Buckwheat Rd.; about 4.5 mi. ENE of Milford.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH025—Clermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: lerch, hale
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aeric Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Avonburg
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/10/1964 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016574. Slightly acid to neutral.
    Ag2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; weak medium platy, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016575. Very strongly acid.
    Bg1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, silt coats; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016576. Strongly to very strongly acid.
    Bg21—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016577. Very strongly acid.
    2Bg22—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and gray (10YR 5/1) Error; massive, and weak medium subangular blocky; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016578. Strongly acid.
    2Bg22—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) Error; weak medium subangular blocky, and massive; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016579. Strongly acid.
    2Bg23—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; manganese coatings and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016580. Medium to slightly acid.
    2Bg31—140 to 173 centimeters (55.1 to 68.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016581. Neutral.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977913; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977913
    2Bg32—173 to 208 centimeters (68.1 to 81.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; massive; firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016582. Neutral.
    3C—208 to 229 centimeters (81.9 to 90.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) Error; massive; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0016583. Loam laminated in layers with soft clay shale (10YR 5/6 and 5GY 6/1); clay texture overall; calcareous. Underlain by Ordovician limestone bedrock.