IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1965OH037024
  • User Pedon ID: 1965-OH037-024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DK-024
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69893
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Approx. 2 mi. W of Burkettsville, Oh.; , of Sec. 5, Allen Twp. T11N R2E. 0.2 mi. S and 0.2 mi. W of northeast corner of Sec. 5.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH037—Darke

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: smcek, wilding, donaldson, rutledge, wert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/1965 (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) and 10YR 3 (10YR/3) and 10YR (10YR/), Error; weak thin platy, and weak granular structure; friable; 1 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017060
    A2—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) and 10YR 7/ (10YR 7/), Error; weak thin platy, and weak granular structure; friable; 1 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017061. 4th soil is 10YR 7/3 dry and crushed; concretions are fine (0.1-0.2 mm);
    23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), Error; moderate fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), moist, skeletans and prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans and faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017062. 25% of ped surface also coated with thin, pathcy 10YR 5/3 dry argillans; argillans lining micropores are up to 1 mm thick; 50% micropores; (Approximatel6 20% of his horizon is A2 material.; patchy - phpvsfiid 981492; patchy - phpvsfiid 981492
    2B21—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), Error; weak medium prismatic, and strong angular blocky structure; firm; prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, skeletans and prominent 10YR 1 (10YR1), moist, skeletans and prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017063. large (approximately 6? diameter) polygon surfaces (30% of total surface) are coated with nearly continuous, thick (2-3 mm), yellowish brown grainy skeletans; 70% of surface of the prisms in the polygons are also coated with 10YR 3/3 dry argillans; prim; continuous - phpvsfiid 981493; continuous - phpvsfiid 981494; continuous - phpvsfiid 981493; continuous - phpvsfiid 981494
    2B22—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), Error; moderate medium prismatic, and strong angular blocky structure; very firm; prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, skeletans and prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017064. large polygon surfaces (20% of total surface) are coated with grainy skelatans; prismatic and blocky peds are coated with continuous, thick (0.5-2mm), dark brown (10YR 4/3, 10Yr 5/4 dry) (60%) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2, 10YR 3/3 dry) (40%) ar; continuous - phpvsfiid 981496; continuous - phpvsfiid 981497; continuous - phpvsfiid 981496; continuous - phpvsfiid 981497
    2B23—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and strong angular blocky structure; very firm; prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films and prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017065. 80% of ped surfaces coated with continuous, thick (0.5-1 mm); thicker argillans occur in root channels and micropores; continuous - phpvsfiid 981498; continuous - phpvsfiid 981499; continuous - phpvsfiid 981498; continuous - phpvsfiid 981499
    2B31—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017066. primary structural units are coated with thick (0.5-1 mm), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) (60%) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) (40%) calcans; contrasted against ehd dark colored calcans are light gray (10YR 7/2) calcans in the form of a fine rootlet pat
    2B32—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; coarse prismatic, and moderate platy, and moderate subangular blocky structure; extremely firm; 1 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017067. primary structural units are coated with thick (0.5-1 mm), gray (10YR 5/1) (60%) and ark brown (10YR 3/3) (40%) calcans; contrasted against the dark colored calcans, are very pale brown (10YR 6/4-7/3) calcans in the form of a fine rootlet pattern; patchy
    3C1—102 to 109 centimeters (40.2 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate thin platy structure; 33 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017068. platy surfaces are coated with light gray (10YR 7/2) calcans; strongly calcareous; clear, wavy boundary. (This horizon is composed of stratified silt, silt loam, and very fine sand.)
    4C2—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; platy structure; 10 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017069. a few platy surfaces are coated with grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light gray (10YR 7/1) calcans; few calcity concretions; slightly calcareous; This horizon is composed of poorly sorted, stratified silt loam, silty clay loam, and loam materials.)
    4C3—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak thick platy structure; 1 percent fine faint 7.5YR 4/8 (7.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017070. few vertical cleavage planes are coated with grayish brown (10yr 5/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2) calcans; 10% coarse skeleton; strongly calcareous. (This horizon is composed of poorly sorted, stratified silt loam, fine sandy loam, and loam materials.)
    C4—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; 1 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine distinct 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017071. nearly massive with 2-4 inch polygons; polygons are coated with thick (1-2 mm), porous, light gray (10YR 7/2) calcans which cover thick (2-3 mm), more dense, gray (10YR 5/1) calcans which cover thick (2-3 MM), more dense, gray (10YR 5/1) calcans which cov
    C5—203 to 229 centimeters (79.9 to 90.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; 1 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine distinct 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017072. nearly massive with 2-4 inch polygons; polygons are coated with thick (1-2 mm), porous, light gray (10YR 7/2) calcans which cover thick (2-3 mm), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-righ zone; contrasted against the calcans are dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) r