IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ross
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1964OH113013
  • User Pedon ID: 1964-OH113-013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MT-013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69610
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 1 1/2 mi. W and .0 mi. N of Germantown. of Sec. 11, German Twp. T3N R4E 1150 ft. W of Creek Rd. and 2000 ft. N of Rt. 725.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH113—Montgomery

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/1964 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017115
    A2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, worm casts; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017116
    A3—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable; 33 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, worm casts; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017117
    C1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) Error; 33 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017118
    C2—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) Error; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017119
    C3—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) Error; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0017120
    C4—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0017121
    C5—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; 1 percent medium faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0017122. Frequent snail shells. Bucket auger sample.
    C6—142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; single grain; 24 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0017123. Coarse skeleton is gravel. Bucket auger sample.