IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cincinnati
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993OH045034
  • User Pedon ID: 1993-OH045-034
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - FA-034
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70375
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 18
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH045—Fairfield

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Griffin/ Bigham/ Konen/ Jones
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cincinnati
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess; Pedisediment?; Till?/ residuum
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/3/1993 (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

    4

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    290

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026398
    3Cr—0 to 250 centimeters (0.0 to 98.4 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0026409
    Bt1—23 to 40 centimeters (9.1 to 15.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 65 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026399
    Bt2—40 to 59 centimeters (15.7 to 23.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026400
    Bt3—59 to 76 centimeters (23.2 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 65 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats; 11 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026401
    Btx1—76 to 100 centimeters (29.9 to 39.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak platy structure; firm; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films and 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films; 11 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026402. very few fine roots present in 1.5cm-wide 2.5Y6/2 vertical seams on 40cm-spacing with 0.5cm-wide 10YR5/8 subcutaneous iron-rich zones on very coarse prisms;
    2Btx2—100 to 117 centimeters (39.4 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak platy structure; firm; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026403. very few fine roots present in 1.5cm-wide 2.5Y6/2 vertical seams on 40cm-spacing with 0.5cm-wide 10YR5/8 subcutaneous iron-rich zones on very coarse prisms;
    2Btx3—117 to 150 centimeters (46.1 to 59.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026404. very few fine roots present in 1.5cm-wide 2.5Y6/2 vertical seams on 40cm-spacing with 0.5cm-wide 10YR5/8 subcutaneous iron-rich zones on very coarse prisms;
    2Btx4—150 to 176 centimeters (59.1 to 69.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium platy structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films; 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026405. very few fine roots present in 1.5cm-wide 2.5Y6/2 vertical seams on 40cm-spacing with 0.5cm-wide 10YR5/8 subcutaneous iron-rich zones on very coarse prisms;
    2Btx5—176 to 205 centimeters (69.3 to 80.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films; 1 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 11 percent fine faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026406. very few fine roots present in 1.5cm-wide 2.5Y6/2 vertical seams on 40cm-spacing with 0.5cm-wide 10YR5/8 subcutaneous iron-rich zones on very coarse prisms;
    3BC1—205 to 222 centimeters (80.7 to 87.4 inches); 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026407
    3BC2—222 to 239 centimeters (87.4 to 94.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026408