IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Guernsey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983OH121046
  • User Pedon ID: 1983-OH121-046
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - NB-046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69090
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 15
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH121—Noble
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roth/Waters
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Guernsey
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Shale; Shale + limestone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/2/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    33

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    335.3

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium granular structure; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025158
    Bt3—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt4—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 35 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary.
    2Bt5—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) Error; strong coarse prismatic, and strong angular blocky structure; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSUB025158
    2C1—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) Error; strong coarse prismatic, and strong angular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary.
    3C2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) Error; massive; 11 percent medium dark red (10R 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSUC025158
    3C3—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) Error; massive; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0.