IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mcguffey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1973OH065019
  • User Pedon ID: 1973-OH065-019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HD-019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72776
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4 SE1/4
  • Location Description: Marion Twp.; Located approx. 0.3 mi N of W Cottonwood Rd. and approx. 0.3 mi. E. from a road on the spoil bank of an open ditch on the upper Scioto Valley (Marion Twp.) School land, Field sheet CIU-IF-132 (1949); Alger-7.5 Topo Sheet; of Se
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH065—Hardin
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: holowaychuk/ hall/ siegenthaler/ christman
  • 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: 10/23/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    Oa1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (N 2/),; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021497
    Oa2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); black (N 2/),; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021498
    Oa—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0021499
    Bg21—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1); moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, silt coats; 11 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021500
    Bg22—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2); weak very coarse prismatic, and weak angular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, silt coats; 11 percent medium faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021501
    Bg3—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2); weak very coarse prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; firm; 7.0 roots; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, silt coats; 33 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021502
    C1—66 to 117 centimeters (26.0 to 46.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1); very coarse massive; firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, silt coats; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021503
    C2—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1); extremely firm; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, skeletans; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0021504
    C3—145 to 193 centimeters (57.1 to 76.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0021505
    C4—193 to 262 centimeters (76.0 to 103.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and olive gray (5Y 4/2); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0021506