IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972OH011002
  • User Pedon ID: 1972OH011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AG-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71422
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 40.6771972
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4086333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 21
  • Location Description: Salem Twp. 20 ft. S of Deep Cut Rd. (CR-226). 2,010 ft. E of State Rt. 116. 3.5 mi. NW of Kossuth.
  • Map Unit: Blg1B1—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 2 to 4 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH011—Auglaize
  • 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: cunningham, alt, petro, donaldson
  • 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 - 4/18/1972
  • Classifier - cunningham, alt, petro, donaldson
  • 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: moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/18/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021129
    BAg—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021130. patchy - phpvsfiid 1115306; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115306
    Btg1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 33 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021131. Field texture was silty clay.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115307; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115307
    Btg2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films and 65 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 11 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021132. continuous - phpvsfiid 1115308; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115308
    Btg3—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021133. patchy - phpvsfiid 1115310; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115310
    Cg—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0021134. calcareous.; Field texture was clay loam.