IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bennington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983OH077010
  • User Pedon ID: 1983-OH077-010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HU-010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72181
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 24W
  • Location Description: 2310 W & 412 N of intersection of CR 16 & CR30
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH077—Huron

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ernst/Ritchie/Powell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bennington
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • 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: 10/19/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025224
    Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 11 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; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025225. patchy - phpvsfiid 984250; patchy - phpvsfiid 984250
    Bt2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings and 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025226. patchy - phpvsfiid 984251; patchy - phpvsfiid 984251
    Bt3—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025227. patchy - phpvsfiid 984252; patchy - phpvsfiid 984252
    BC—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate platy structure; firm; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025228. patchy - phpvsfiid 984253; patchy - phpvsfiid 984253
    C1—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium platy structure; firm; 6 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025229
    C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; firm; 6 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025230
    C3—152 to 173 centimeters (59.8 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; firm; 6 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0025231