IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983OH117015
  • User Pedon ID: 1983OH117015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MW-015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72357
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.5527222
  • Std. Longitude: -82.9510472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 6
  • Location Description: 1760 E and 1880 S of NW corner
  • Map Unit: Blg1A1—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH117—Morrow
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH117—Morrow County, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GEHRING/McCLURE/HACKER
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/3/2013
  • 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 - 12/1/1983
  • Classifier - GEHRING/McCLURE/HACKER
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine, till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1983 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    303.3

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025232
    BEg—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025233. Field texture was silty clay loam.
    Btg—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025234. Field texture was silty clay loam.
    Btg—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025235. Field texture was silty clay loam.
    C—91 to 200 centimeters (35.8 to 78.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; massive; firm; 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # OSU0025236