IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lowell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1973-OH013-005
  • User Pedon ID: 1973OH013005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - BT-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69994
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.9312167
  • Std. Longitude: -80.9265722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approx. 2.4 mi. S of St.Rt. 147 on Twp. Rd. 119, 14 ft. W of fence; 32 ft. N of cherry tree. SE 160, NW 40, SW 10, Sec. 12, Washington Twp.
  • Map Unit: LeB—Lowell silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH013—Belmont
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MAT—Marietta, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH013—Belmont County, Ohio
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39080-H8—Armstrongs Mills, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Neil Rubel, Mike Plunkett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowell
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/27/2012
  • Classifier - Benyei, Dan
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowell
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1973
  • Classifier - Neil Rubel
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from limestone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: limestone, unspecified at 127cm
  • Geology: Dunkard group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    127 - 152

    - 25 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    lithic contact

    0—18

    18—79

    79—107

    127—152

    —18—

    —61—

    —27—

    —25—
    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

    4

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    327

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak granular structure; friable; many (7.2) fine roots; 1 percent by volume indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021612
    Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.9) fine roots; common (3.7) fine pores; distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, silt coats and distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent by volume indurated unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021613
    Bt2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; few (0.8) fine roots; few (0.8) fine pores; distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, silt coats and distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films; fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume indurated unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021614
    Bt3—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; 42 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.7) fine roots; few (0.6) fine pores; distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, silt coats and prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films and distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films; medium iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021615
    Bt4—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 45 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; common (2.8) fine pores; prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films and prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 14 percent fine prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 23 percent coarse iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021616
    BCt—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 15 percent fine prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 17 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume nonflat weakly coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021617
    C—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) extremely channery silty clay loam; structureless massive; firm; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses; 70 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented limestone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # OSU0021618
    R—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.