IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967OH159028
  • User Pedon ID: 1967OH159028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - UN-028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71078
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 40.4494000
  • Std. Longitude: -83.3994000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Washington Twp. 15.7 mi. N of Marysville, 490 ft. N of Co.Rd. 286, 2310 W of Co.Rd. 299. 100 ft. W of fence line west of building on Merritt Monson farm.
  • 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: fenn, johnston, matanzo, waters
  • 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: 7/28/1967 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018731
    Bt—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018732. patchy - phpvsfiid 1115361; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115361
    Bt—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018733. continuous - phpvsfiid 1115362; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115362
    Bt—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018734. continuous - phpvsfiid 1115363; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115363
    B—71 to 122 centimeters (28.0 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 6 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018735. Field texture was clay loam.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115364; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115364
    C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; massive; firm; 1 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0018736