IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1968-OH171-007
  • User Pedon ID: 1968-OH171-007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - WL-007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72132
  • User Project ID: 201811FIN001
  • Project Name: MLRA 111B - Blount soil on disintegration moraines - loam phase
  • Print Date: 3/13/2025

    • 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: 41.4362907
  • Std. Longitude: -84.7110519
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 35
  • Location Description: St. Joseph Twp. In an alfalfa field W of CR-6. About 3 miles (air miles) SE of Edgerton. NE160, SE 40, NE 10, Lat & Long approx.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH171—Williams
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: flesher/ stone
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 23 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1968 (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
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate granular structure; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary.
    BE—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak fine prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019073. patchy - phpvsfiid 980629; patchy - phpvsfiid 980629
    BC—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium angular blocky structure; 11 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary.
    C—74 to 109 centimeters (29.1 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium platy structure; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0019074
    C—109 to 145 centimeters (42.9 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium platy structure; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0019075