IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969OH031025
  • User Pedon ID: 1969OH031025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CS-025
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70710
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4NE 1/4NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 15 ft. S of W/S 129 (South Dike), 100 ft. E at fence, , , of Sec. 5, White Eyes Twp. 1/4 mi. E of ARS Hydrologic Exp. Sta. headquarters.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH031—Coshocton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Marvin Bureau; Glenn Kelley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • PSC - 25 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/27/2013
  • Classifier - Dan Benyei
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/15/1969
  • Classifier - Marvin Bureau; Glenn Kelley
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Shale + siltstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    0

    13

    33

    48

    13

    33

    48

    61

    OSU0019708

    OSU0019709

    OSU0019710

    OSU0019711

    Marvin Bureau; Glenn Kelley

    Marvin Bureau; Glenn Kelley

    Marvin Bureau; Glenn Kelley

    Marvin Bureau; Glenn Kelley

    16.5

    21.4

    21.9

    23.8

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    59.7

    54.4

    49.4

    47.1

    43.7

    38.2

    37

    35.2

    16

    16.2

    12.4

    11.9

    23.8

    24.2

    28.7

    29.1

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    5

    5.1

    4.8

    6.3

    3.2

    2.6

    3.4

    4.1

    1.4

    0.9

    1.1

    1.3

    4.7

    4.3

    5.8

    5.3

    9.5

    11.3

    13.6

    12.1

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    sil

    sil

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    7.2

    6.9

    5.3

    5.4
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    0

    13

    33

    48

    13

    33

    48

    61

    OSU0019708

    OSU0019709

    OSU0019710

    OSU0019711

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    0

    13

    33

    48

    13

    33

    48

    61

    OSU0019708

    OSU0019709

    OSU0019710

    OSU0019711

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    weakly coherent

    61 - 86

    - 25 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    ochric epipedon

    paralithic materials

    0—13

    13—43

    61—86

    —13—

    —30—

    —25—
    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

    20

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    378

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; channery silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; many (6.9) roots; 15 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-75-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019708
    Bw1—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many (5.8) roots; 22 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-75-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019709
    Bw2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.1) roots; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on tops of rock fragments; 25 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-75-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 25 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-75-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019710
    BC—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.7) roots; distinct clay films on tops of rock fragments; 25 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-75-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 30 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-75-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019711
    Cr—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.