IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bennington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1968OH139011
  • User Pedon ID: 1968-OH139-011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - RC-011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70540
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: of , Sec. 4, Jackson Twp.; 40 ft. south of pasture fence and 100 ft. west of lane.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH139—Richland
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: c. redmond, w. brug
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bennington
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 31 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • 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: 7/22/1968 (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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; fine granular structure; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019379. slightly acid;
    20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats and faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 33 percent coarse distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019380. patchy - phpvsfiid 980956; patchy - phpvsfiid 980956
    B—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; strong medium angular blocky structure; faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats and prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019381. medium acid; patchy - phpvsfiid 980957; patchy - phpvsfiid 980958; patchy - phpvsfiid 980957; patchy - phpvsfiid 980958
    B—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate structure; faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films and prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 33 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019382. 5% pebbles; neutral; continuous - phpvsfiid 980959; patchy - phpvsfiid 980960; continuous - phpvsfiid 980959; patchy - phpvsfiid 980960
    B—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019383. 4% pebbles; neutral;
    C1—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; 1 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019384. 8% pebbles, including some dark shale; calcareous;
    C1—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; 11 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0019385. many coarse, distinct light gray 10YR 7/1 and light brownish gray 10YR 6/2 lime concretions; 6% pebbles; very strongly calcareous.