IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bennington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972OH033022
  • User Pedon ID: 1972-OH033-022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CR-022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69091
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4
  • Location Description: N-C Cranberry twp.Van Osdall Farm. 1350 W of Boudary Line road, 85 S ofnorth property line.N1/2
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH033—Crawford
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: steiger/ brug/ parkinson/ plunkett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bennington
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 60 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • 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: 8/4/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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) Error; moderate medium granular structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary.
    BA—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, silt coats; 33 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct gray (N 6/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 33 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct gray (N 6/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. continuous - phpvsfiid 980749; continuous - phpvsfiid 980749
    Bt2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate coarse prismatic structure; prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # OSU0021337. patchy - phpvsfiid 980750; patchy - phpvsfiid 980750
    Bt3—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate coarse prismatic structure; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. patchy - phpvsfiid 980751; patchy - phpvsfiid 980751
    BC—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist,; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9.
    C1—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; thick platy structure; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist,; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9.
    C2—152 to 163 centimeters (59.8 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; thick platy structure; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist,; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0021338