IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970OH091S08
  • User Pedon ID: 1970OH091S08
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - LG-s08
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69010
  • 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: 40.5063028
  • Std. Longitude: -83.7053778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 1/2 mi. E of Belle Center, Rush Creek Twp. 3035 ft. WNW of intersecting US 68 and OH 273; 925 ft. N of OH 273.
  • 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: 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 - 10/16/1970
  • Classifier - 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: 10/16/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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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    ; fragments.
    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 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Not sampled.
    BE—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Sticky and plastic. Top 1 inch of horizon is a silt loam. Not sampled.
    Bt1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate structure; firm; faint clay films; 30 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Sticky and plastic. Not sampled.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115332; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115332
    Bt2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate structure; firm; faint clay films; 20 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 20 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020264. Sticky and plastic. Some coarse fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115333; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115333
    BCt—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak structure; firm; faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films and faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 10 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Sticky and plastic. Not sampled.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115334; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115335; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115334; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115335
    2C—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; massive; firm; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, carbonate coats; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0020265. Sticky and plastic.