IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bennington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1973OH033023
  • User Pedon ID: 1973-OH033-023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CR-023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71674
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Location Description: Lykens twp. 1.5mi S of Benton. 700 E of Krauss road, 2900 N of Broken Sword road.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH033—Crawford
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: steiger/
  • 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: 31 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1973 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    BA—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. roots common along vertical ped faces, few roots along horizontal ped faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 980752; patchy - phpvsfiid 980752
    Bt1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and strong subangular blocky structure; prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. roots occur mostly along vertical ped faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 980753; patchy - phpvsfiid 980753
    Bt2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and strong subangular blocky structure; prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021339. roots occur mostly along vertical ped faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 980754; continuous - phpvsfiid 980754
    Bt3—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and strong subangular blocky structure; prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films and distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. roots occur mostly along vertical ped faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 980755; continuous - phpvsfiid 980756; continuous - phpvsfiid 980755; continuous - phpvsfiid 980756
    BC—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate platy structure; prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films and distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual wavy boundary. roots occur mostly along vertical ped faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 980757; patchy - phpvsfiid 980758; continuous - phpvsfiid 980757; patchy - phpvsfiid 980758
    C1—79 to 160 centimeters (31.1 to 63.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate thick platy structure; white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist,; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual wavy boundary.
    C2—160 to 183 centimeters (63.0 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate very thick platy structure; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0021340