IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1973OH091033

User Pedon ID: 1973OH091033

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - OHSTATE

Lab Pedon # - LG-033

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73261

Print Date: 3/2/2025

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: 40.3486000

Std. Longitude: -83.9699000

Datum: WGS84

PLSS Details: SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Location Description: 2 mi. W of Logansville, Pleasant Twp. of of Sec. 3; 435 ft. N of TR 76 and 4225 ft. NW of junction of OH 47 and TR 35.

Map Unit: Blg1A1—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 0 to 2 percent slopes

State: Ohio

County: OH091—Logan

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: lucht, waters

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 - 5/18/1973

Classifier - lucht, waters

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: ground moraine

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Geology: Wisconsinan formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 5/18/1973 (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

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
1	—	—	310.9	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021456

Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, silt coats; 33 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021457. Sticky and plastic. A 1 inch burrow with mottled surface.; Field texture was clay.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115337; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115337

Bt2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; firm; faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese coatings and 33 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021458. Sticky and plastic.; Field texture was clay.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115339; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115339

BCt1—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak platy structure; firm; faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films; 33 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021459. Sticky and plastic.; Field texture was clay.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115340; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115340

BC2—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak platy structure; firm; faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films; 11 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021460. Sticky and plastic. A few 5 inches in diameter, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) root imprints on prism faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115341; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115341

C1—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak platy structure; firm; 11 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021461. Sticky and plastic. Very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) root imprints on prism faces.

C2—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay loam; massive; firm; faint gray (N 5/), moist, carbonate coats; 11 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021462. Sticky and plastic. Very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) root imprints on fissures in till.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115342; continuous - phpvsfiid 1115342