IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Upshur
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989OH067006
  • User Pedon ID: 1989-OH067-006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HR-006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72315
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Moorefield Twp. 605 ft. W and 1955 ft. N of the SE corner of Sec. 10; T10N R6W.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH067—Harrison

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ler/rwb
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Upshur
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Upshur
  • Classificaton Date - 7/13/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/13/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    13

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    280.4

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026131. Coarse fragments are shale.
    Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, organic stains; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026132. Coarse fragments are shale.
    Bt2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026133. Coarse fragments are shale.
    Bt3—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) and 35 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0026134. Coarse fragments are shale.
    Bt4—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) and 35 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0026135. Coarse fragments are shale.
    Bt5—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) and 35 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026136. Coarse fragments are shale.
    BC—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026137. Coarse fragments are shale.
    C1—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) Error; massive; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026138. Coarse fragments are shale.
    C2—142 to 163 centimeters (55.9 to 64.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) Error; massive; firm; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026139. Coarse fragments are shale.
    Cr3—163 to 168 centimeters (64.2 to 66.1 inches); fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Soft shale bedrock.