IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982OH143020
  • User Pedon ID: 1982OH143020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - SN-020
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70865
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 41.2555444
  • Std. Longitude: -82.8418028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 36
  • Location Description: York Township. 70 ft N and 463 ft W of SE corner
  • Map Unit: Blg1A1—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH143—Sandusky
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hall, Ernst, Ritchie
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, 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 Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/1982
  • Classifier - Hall, Ernst, Ritchie
  • 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: 8/31/1982 (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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024866
    Bt1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024867. thin patchy 10YR 5/2 siltans on faces; thin pathcy 10YR 5/2 argillans on faces.
    Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024868. thin patchy 10YR 5/2 argillans on faces; few 10YR 2/2 concretions in the matrix.
    Bt3—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024869. thin continuous 10YR 5/2 argillans on faces; common distinct 10YR 2/2 ferro-mangans in the matrix.; Field texture was clay loam.
    Bt4—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024870. thin continous 10YR 5/1 argillans on faces; commond distinct 10YR 2/2 ferro-mangans in the matrix.; Field texture was clay loam.
    BC—89 to 99 centimeters (35.0 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024871. thin patchy 10YR 5/1 argillans on vertical faces; thin very patchy 10YR 7/1 calcans on vertical faces; Field texture was clay loam.
    C—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0024872. Field texture was clay loam.
    C—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0024873. Field texture was clay loam.
    C—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0024874. Field texture was clay loam.