IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970OH015S07
  • User Pedon ID: 1970-OH015-S07
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - BN-s07
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69873
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: SE unit of OARDC southern branch; 212 yds S from center of Gardner Rd and 40 yds. E of west line fence.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH015—Brown

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: williams, kerr, christman, petro, holowaychuk
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Boston
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boston
  • Classificaton Date - 11/18/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinoian loess; Illinoian till; Limestone
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/18/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    5

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    277.4

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    90

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive, and granular; friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004209. Hard when dry. Dry color: 10YR 6/3.
    Ap2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive, and weak subangular blocky; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004210. Hard when dry. Dry color: 10YR 7/3.
    Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004211. Hard when dry. Dry color: 10YR 6/4.
    Bt2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films; faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004212. Very hard when dry. Dry color: 10YR 6/4.
    Btg—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films; distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004213. Very hard when dry. Dry color: 10YR 6/6, 10YR 8/1, 7.5YR 5/6.
    Bx—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light gray (10YR 7/2) Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004214. Black and very dark brown Mn penetrations and seams and some concretions. Hard when dry. Few pebbles up to 2 inches in diameter of igneous rock and leached limestone present. Weak fragipan development. Dry color: 10YR 6/6, 10YR 8/2.
    79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, clay films; 33 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004215. Sticky and plastic when wet, very hard when dry. Dry color: 10YR 6/6, 10YR 7/1.
    102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive, and weak angular blocky; very firm; clay films; distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004216. Sticky and plastic when wet, extremely hard when dry. Dry color: 10YR 6/6 7/8, 10YR 7/1.
    BC1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) Error; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) medium mottles; massive; very firm; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004217. Mottle color estimated from ?very dark brown?. Extremely hard when dry. Dry color 10YR 6/6, 10YR 7/1.
    BC2—152 to 188 centimeters (59.8 to 74.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) medium mottles; massive; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004218. Mottle color estimated from ?very dark brown?. Sticky and plastic when wet, extremely hard when dry. Dry color 10YR 6/6 5/6, 5Y 7/1 7/2.
    C—188 to 198 centimeters (74.0 to 78.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) Error; very firm; prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004219. Some black and very dark brown stains and penetrations. Some small white limestone fragments. Very hard when dry. Clay is noncalcareous though limestone fragments effervesce. Dry color 2.5Y 7/, 2.5Y10YR 6/4, 10YR 6/6.
    Cr—198 to 248 centimeters (78.0 to 97.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and gray (10YR 6/1) Error; fragments. Limestone fragments in a matrix of mottled gray and yellowish brown clay. Colors estimated from description.