IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970OH091021
  • User Pedon ID: 1970OH091021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - LG-021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71141
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 40.4934000
  • Std. Longitude: -83.5751000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 1/2 mi. S of Ridgeway; Bokes Creek Twp. 725 ft. W of OH 292 and 1650 ft. SW of intersecting OH 292 and CR12.
  • Map Unit: Blg1B1—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 2 to 4 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH091—Logan
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: donaldson, graham, petro, waters
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/1970
  • Classifier - donaldson, graham, petro, waters
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • 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: 8/18/1970 (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) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020211. Some mixing of Bt1 material in lower 2 inches of horizon.
    Bt1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; firm; faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films; 33 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020212. Sticky and plastic.; Field texture silty clay loam.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115325; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115325
    Bt2—33 to 69 centimeters (13.0 to 27.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020213. Sticky and plastic.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115326; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115326
    BCt1—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020214. Sticky and plastic.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115327; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115327
    BCt2—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; firm; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020215. Sticky and plastic.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115328; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115328
    C1—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; massive; firm; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, carbonate coats; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020216. Sticky and plastic.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115329; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115329
    C2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; massive, and platy; firm; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, carbonate coats; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020217. Sticky and plastic.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115330; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115330
    C3—152 to 168 centimeters (59.8 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; massive, and platy; firm; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, carbonate coats; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020218. Sticky and plastic.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115331; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115331