IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vandalia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978OH009020
  • User Pedon ID: 1978-OH009-020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AT-020
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71040
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 14W
  • Location Description: 264 west of intersection of county road 17 and township road 416; 132 south of township road 416.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH009—Athens
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Anderson, Brown, Lucht
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vandalia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Colluvium
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/1978 (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
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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate coarse granular structure; firm; 65 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, organic stains; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023525
    BA1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023526. patchy - phpvsfiid 984000; patchy - phpvsfiid 984000
    BA2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 7 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023527. patchy - phpvsfiid 984001; patchy - phpvsfiid 984001
    Bt1—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023528. patchy - phpvsfiid 984002; patchy - phpvsfiid 984002
    Bt2—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023529. patchy - phpvsfiid 984005; patchy - phpvsfiid 984005
    Bt3—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023530. patchy - phpvsfiid 984003; patchy - phpvsfiid 984003
    BC—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 30 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023531. patchy - phpvsfiid 984004; patchy - phpvsfiid 984004
    C—122 to 163 centimeters (48.0 to 64.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) Error; massive; very firm; 20 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # OSU0023532