IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Smothers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993OH041055
  • User Pedon ID: 1993-OH041-055
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DL-055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70991
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Harlem Township; 2,150 feet south and 900 feet east of the intersection of Gorsuch Rd. and Red Bank Rd.; Sunbury, Ohio quadrangle; lat. 40 degrees 08 minutes 48.2 seconds N. and long. 82 degrees 51 minutes 12.7 seconds W., NAD 27.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH041—Delaware
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jenny/ Glanville
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Smothers
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bennington
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till; Residuum
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026501
    Ap—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026502
    Bt—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; 65 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026503. 10YR 6/1 clay films in lower 4 inches. 5% mixed pebbles and 5% sandstone channers.; continuous - phpvsfiid 982009; continuous - phpvsfiid 982009
    Bt—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; 65 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026504. 10YR 6/1 clay films in lower 4 inches. 5% mixed pebbles and 5% sandstone channers.; continuous - phpvsfiid 982011; continuous - phpvsfiid 982011
    2B—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 65 percent gray (N 5/0), moist, clay films; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 75 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026505. Sandstone coarse fragments.
    2R—76 to 81 centimeters (29.9 to 31.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) Error; fragments.