IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Birkbeck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988OH057030
  • User Pedon ID: 1988-OH057-030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GN-030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70759
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 183m N and 213m W of lane entry to woods. Lane on W side of Highway 380 approximately 800 m S of intersection with Washington Rd. (3km S of Xenia). 83 degrees 56 52 W and 39 degrees 38 54 . See either Greene Co. Soil Survey (1978) atlas sheet 33 .
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH057—Greene

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: smeck, burras, bigham, jones
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Birkbeck
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan loess; Wisconsinan till
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/1988 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025932
    E—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak platy structure; very friable; 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025933
    BE—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak platy structure; firm; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 35 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025934
    Bt1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate angular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 65 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025935
    Bt2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; very firm; 65 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025936
    Bt3—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025937
    BC—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint 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; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025938
    C1—107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; friable; 11 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025939
    2C2—119 to 137 centimeters (46.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; friable; 11 percent coarse faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025940
    2C3—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; friable; 11 percent coarse faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025941
    3C4—165 to 198 centimeters (65.0 to 78.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; firm; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0025942
    3C5—198 to 216 centimeters (78.0 to 85.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSUA025943
    3C5—548 to 548 centimeters (215.7 to 215.7 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSUB025943
    3C5—606 to 606 centimeters (238.6 to 238.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSUC025943
    3C5—632 to 632 centimeters (248.8 to 248.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSUD025943
    3C5—652 to 652 centimeters (256.7 to 256.7 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSUE025943
    3C5—703 to 703 centimeters (276.8 to 276.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSUA025944
    3C5—723 to 723 centimeters (284.6 to 284.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSUB025944
    3C5—742 to 742 centimeters (292.1 to 292.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSUC025944
    3C5—761 to 761 centimeters (299.6 to 299.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSUD025944