IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964OH159018
  • User Pedon ID: 1964OH159018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - UN-018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70683
  • 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: 40.1689000
  • Std. Longitude: -83.3170000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Darby Twp. approx. 1050 ft. NE of St. Rt. 736 on Co. Rd. 39 and approx. 50 ft. NW of road ,along gas pipeline trench on Edward Greenbaum farm. About 5 miles SE of Marysville.
  • 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

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: powell, riemenschneider
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016149
    BE—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak medium platy, and moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016150
    Bt1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016151. patchy - phpvsfiid 1115357; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115357
    Bt2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016152. continuous - phpvsfiid 1115358; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115358
    Bt3—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 33 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016153. Field texture was clay.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115359; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115359
    C1—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; massive, and weak subangular blocky; very firm; prominent clay films; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016154. Field texture was silty clay loam.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115360; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115360
    C2—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; massive; very firm; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0016155. Field texture was silty clay loam.