IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bennington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969OH139023
  • User Pedon ID: 1969-OH139-023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - RC-023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72126
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: of of Sec. 25, Butler Twp.; Site is 250 ft. west of Mansfield- Adacio Road and 400 ft. south of drive to abandoned farmstead.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH139—Richland
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: redmond, brug, vann
  • 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: 29 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: 10/21/1969 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019875. Modal—representative pedon for Richland County
    BE—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent coarse distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019876. Modal—representative pedon for Richland County
    Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 11 percent coarse faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent coarse distinct pale brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019877. Modal—representative pedon for Richland County; continuous - phpvsfiid 980967; patchy - phpvsfiid 980968; continuous - phpvsfiid 980967; patchy - phpvsfiid 980968
    Bt2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent coarse faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019878. Modal—representative pedon for Richland County; continuous - phpvsfiid 980969; continuous - phpvsfiid 980969
    Bt3—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; very firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on horizontal faces of peds; 33 percent coarse distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019879. Modal—representative pedon for Richland County; continuous - phpvsfiid 980970; patchy - phpvsfiid 980971; continuous - phpvsfiid 980970; patchy - phpvsfiid 980971
    BC—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent coarse faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019880. Modal—representative pedon for Richland County; patchy - phpvsfiid 980972; patchy - phpvsfiid 980972
    C1—91 to 142 centimeters (35.8 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; structureless massive; firm; 1 percent coarse prominent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0019881. Modal—representative pedon for Richland County
    C2—142 to 208 centimeters (55.9 to 81.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; structureless massive; firm; faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats; 1 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0019882. Modal—representative pedon for Richland County; continuous - phpvsfiid 980973; continuous - phpvsfiid 980973
    2C3—208 to 216 centimeters (81.9 to 85.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; structureless massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Modal—representative pedon for Richland County
    3C4—216 to 244 centimeters (85.0 to 96.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; structureless massive; firm; 1 percent coarse prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0019883. Modal—representative pedon for Richland County