IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Licking
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971OH167031
  • User Pedon ID: 1971-OH167-031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - WS-031
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70402
  • Print Date: 5/9/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4SE 1/4SE 1/4
  • Location Description: , , of Sec. 17, Palmer Twp.; 20 ft. W of T-232, 800 ft. SW of junction with CR-18, 150 ft. N or edge of brushy field in pasture of Ralph Pettit farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH167—Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: rubel, lessig
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Licking
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Lacustrine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/15/1971 (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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium platy, and weak granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020905. 3% of inclusions of B21t.
    Bt21—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); 7.5YR 5/ (7.5YR 5/), Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films and faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, skeletans; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020906. patchy - phpvsfiid 980052; patchy - phpvsfiid 980053; patchy - phpvsfiid 980052; patchy - phpvsfiid 980053
    Bt22—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); 7.5YR 5/ (7.5YR 5/), Error; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films and faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, skeletans; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020907. patchy - phpvsfiid 980054; patchy - phpvsfiid 980055; patchy - phpvsfiid 980054; patchy - phpvsfiid 980055
    Bt22—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); 7.5YR 5/ (7.5YR 5/), Error; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films and faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, skeletans; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020908. patchy - phpvsfiid 980064; patchy - phpvsfiid 980063; patchy - phpvsfiid 980064; patchy - phpvsfiid 980063
    Bt23—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films and faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, skeletans; 1 percent fine distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020909. patchy - phpvsfiid 980056; patchy - phpvsfiid 980057; patchy - phpvsfiid 980056; patchy - phpvsfiid 980057
    Bt24—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films and faint gray (N 5/), moist, skeletans; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine prominent light greenish gray (5G 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020910. continuous - phpvsfiid 980058; patchy - phpvsfiid 980059; continuous - phpvsfiid 980058; patchy - phpvsfiid 980059
    Bt25—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films and faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, skeletans; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020911. Interior of blocks is laminated; argillans on laminae plates; pH 5.8 at 33? and 6.6 at 38?; gray spot effervesces at 39?.; continuous - phpvsfiid 980060; patchy - phpvsfiid 980061; continuous - phpvsfiid 980060; patchy - phpvsfiid 980061
    B3—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse angular blocky structure; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020912. argillans on structural units; coats and stains on laminae; few gray spots effervesce.; patchy - phpvsfiid 980062; patchy - phpvsfiid 980062
    B3—127 to 150 centimeters (50.0 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse angular blocky structure; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020913. argillans on structural units; coats and stains on laminae; few gray spots effervesce.; patchy - phpvsfiid 980065; patchy - phpvsfiid 980065
    C1—150 to 178 centimeters (59.1 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3. Lab sample # OSU0020914. 0/0; massive with 25 laminae per inch; 5GY 6/1 coatings 1-2mm thick on some laminae at 1? intervals; some laminae with black coatings; several discontinuous horizontal and vertical layers of gypsum crystals up to 1/2? thick.
    C1—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3. Lab sample # OSU0020915. 0/0; massive with 25 laminae per inch; 5GY 6/1 coatings 1-2mm thick on some laminae at 1? intervals; some laminae with black coatings; several discontinuous horizontal and vertical layers of gypsum crystals up to 1/2? thick.
    C1—203 to 229 centimeters (79.9 to 90.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3. Lab sample # OSU0020916. 0/0; massive with 25 laminae per inch; 5GY 6/1 coatings 1-2mm thick on some laminae at 1? intervals; some laminae with black coatings; several discontinuous horizontal and vertical layers of gypsum crystals up to 1/2? thick.
    C1—229 to 277 centimeters (90.2 to 109.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3. Lab sample # OSU0020917. 0/0; massive with 25 laminae per inch; 5GY 6/1 coatings 1-2mm thick on some laminae at 1? intervals; some laminae with black coatings; several discontinuous horizontal and vertical layers of gypsum crystals up to 1/2? thick.
    C2—277 to 353 centimeters (109.1 to 139.0 inches); dark gray (5YR 4/1) Error; massive; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # OSU0020918. 0/0; laminated; coatings on laminae as in C1.
    C3—353 to 381 centimeters (139.0 to 150.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # OSU0020919. Laminated clay with 1/2? thick layers of 10YR 5/4 and 1/4? thick layers of 10YR 5/1.
    C4—381 to 432 centimeters (150.0 to 170.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # OSU0020920. 10YR 5/4 and 10YR 4/3 finely laminated clay with several layers of 10YR 5/1 1/4? thich. Moderately alkaline.
    C5—432 to 480 centimeters (170.1 to 189.0 inches); dark gray (N 4/), Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0020921. N4/ and 10YR 4/1 finely laminated clay with few zones of 10YR 3.2 about 1 cu.in. in size; 50 laminae per inch; no coatings on laminae; moderately alkaline.