IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loudon

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 1967OH071062

User Pedon ID: 1967-OH071-062

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - OHSTATE

Lab Pedon # - HY-062

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69887

Print Date: 11/23/2024

LOCATION

Location Description: New Market Township, about 4 miles west of Hillsboro on U.S. Highway 50; 990 feet south of Hoagland on Mad River Road, and 660 feet west of Mad River Road.

State: Ohio

County: OH071—Highland

PEDON

Describers Name: donaldson, petro, kerr, williams

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Loudon

Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: Illinoian loess; Illinoian till; Shale

Landform: ground moraine

Drainage Class: moderately well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/19/1967 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland

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
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
3	—	—	298.7	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018943

BE—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018944

Bt1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018945. patchy - phpvsfiid 979796; patchy - phpvsfiid 979796

2Bt2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on horizontal faces of peds and faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018946. continuous - phpvsfiid 979797; patchy - phpvsfiid 979798; patchy - phpvsfiid 979799; continuous - phpvsfiid 979797; patchy - phpvsfiid 979798; patchy - phpvsfiid 979799

2Bt3—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 11 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018947. pH 5.8 at 30 inches and pH 7.5 at 36 inches.; patchy - phpvsfiid 979800; patchy - phpvsfiid 979800

3BC1—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and gray (N 6/), Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 1 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018948. Roots along vertical ped surfaces.

3BC2—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and gray (N 6/), Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018949. Roots along vertical ped surfaces.

3BC3—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); reddish gray (10R 5/1) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and weak platy structure; very firm; 11 percent medium prominent light greenish gray (5BG 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018950

3C1—178 to 206 centimeters (70.1 to 81.1 inches); reddish gray (10R 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light greenish gray (5BG 7/1); firm; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018951. Variegated colors. Partially weathered silty clay shale. Highly fragmented in place but easily crushed and deformed.

3Cr2—206 to 254 centimeters (81.1 to 100.0 inches); reddish gray (10R 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light greenish gray (5BG 7/1) and gray (N 6/),; friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0018952. Variegated colors. Partially weathered silty clay shale. Very highly fragmental in place but easily crushed and deformed.