IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gallman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974OH107023
  • User Pedon ID: 1974-OH107-023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MC-023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68965
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Section: 15
  • Location Description: Dublin Twp., Godfrey Reserve, 2.25 mi S of Mercer-Van Wert County Line. 1650 W of eastern most extension of Godfrey Reserve Rd, 1485 NW of Shindel-Decker Cemetery, 125 E of N-S fence line.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH107—Mercer
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SMeck, Ritchie, Christman, Priest
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gallman
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 86 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan outwash
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/20/1974 (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); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium granular structure; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021936. 0% gravel; medium acid
    B1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021937. 0% gravel; strongly acid
    B1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; faint brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021938. 0% gravel; medium acid; patchy - phpvsfiid 980941; patchy - phpvsfiid 980941
    B—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; faint brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine faint red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021939. 0% gravel; medium acid; patchy - phpvsfiid 980942; patchy - phpvsfiid 980942
    B—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; distinct clay bridges; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021940. 1% fine gravel; strongly acid pH; patchy - phpvsfiid 980943; patchy - phpvsfiid 980943
    B—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; faint clay bridges; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021941. 0% gravel; strongly acid pH; patchy - phpvsfiid 980944; patchy - phpvsfiid 980944
    B—117 to 127 centimeters (46.1 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; faint clay bridges; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021942. 2% fine gravel; medium acid pH; (upper 1? was a band of brown (10YR 4/3) single grain loamy sand,; patchy - phpvsfiid 980945; patchy - phpvsfiid 980945
    B1—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; single grain; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021943. Medium acid. 0% gravel.
    B1—142 to 160 centimeters (55.9 to 63.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) Error; single grain; clay bridges; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021944. 2% fine gravel; medium acid pH; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 980946; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 980946
    B—160 to 190 centimeters (63.0 to 74.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) Error; single grain; faint clay bridges; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021945. 10% fine gravel. slightly acid.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 980947; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 980947
    B1—190 to 208 centimeters (74.8 to 81.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; 1 percent fine faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021946. 0% fine gravel. neutral. Horizontal lenses of brown (7.5YR 4/3) within horizon.
    B1—208 to 218 centimeters (81.9 to 85.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; single grain; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021947. 12% fine gravel. Mildly alkaline.
    C—218 to 229 centimeters (85.8 to 90.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; single grain; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # OSU0021948. 5% fine gravel. Moderately alkaline. Calcareous.