IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mertz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979OH089028
  • User Pedon ID: 1979-OH089-028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - LC-028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69228
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 2
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH089—Licking

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Parkinson/Wigginton/Sims
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mertz
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Limestone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/16/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; fine granular, and granular structure; friable; 35 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024689
    E—8 to 19 centimeters (3.1 to 7.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; medium platy, and granular structure; friable; 35 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024690
    BE—13 to 32 centimeters (5.1 to 12.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024691
    Bt1—25 to 65 centimeters (9.8 to 25.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 30 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024692. patchy - phpvsfiid 984176; patchy - phpvsfiid 984177; patchy - phpvsfiid 984176; patchy - phpvsfiid 984177
    Bt2—46 to 116 centimeters (18.1 to 45.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 40 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024693. patchy - phpvsfiid 984178; patchy - phpvsfiid 984179; patchy - phpvsfiid 984178; patchy - phpvsfiid 984179
    Bt3—71 to 181 centimeters (28.0 to 71.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and faint yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 45 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024694. patchy - phpvsfiid 984180; patchy - phpvsfiid 984181; patchy - phpvsfiid 984180; patchy - phpvsfiid 984181
    BC—102 to 258 centimeters (40.2 to 101.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 45 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024695. patchy - phpvsfiid 984182; patchy - phpvsfiid 984183; patchy - phpvsfiid 984182; patchy - phpvsfiid 984183
    C—130 to 329 centimeters (51.2 to 129.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; massive; firm; 45 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # OSU0024696