IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mcguffey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972OH065018
  • User Pedon ID: 1972-OH065-018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HD-018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71392
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Marion Twp.; Located approx. 1140 S of Cottonwood Ditch, 0.3 mi W of Twp. Rd.; of of Sec. 22.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH065—Hardin
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: siegenthaler/ flesher/ hall/ drees/ smeck
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic (calcareous), mesic Histic Humaquepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mcguffey
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Organic deposit; Wisconsinan lacustrine
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/21/1972 (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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    2L1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1); weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 11 percent fine prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020859
    Oa2—5 to 5 centimeters (2.0 to 2.0 inches); black (N 2/),; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 7.0 roots; 11 percent medium distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020858
    2L2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2); weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 11 percent fine distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020860
    3Bg2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1); weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 roots; 11 percent fine faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020861
    Oa1—25 to 25 centimeters (9.8 to 9.8 inches); black (N 2/),; moderate fine granular, and moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020857
    3Cg1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1); 11 percent very dark gray (N 3/ fine distinct mottles; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020862
    3Cg2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and dark gray (N 4/),; firm; 11 percent fine faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020863
    3Cg3—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); dark gray (N 4/),; firm; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020864
    3Cg4—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); dark gray (N 4/),; firm; 1 percent fine faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0020865