IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bennington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987OH089001
  • User Pedon ID: 87OH089001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0322
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59617
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024
  • 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: 40.2574997
  • Std. Longitude: -82.5911102
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.5 mi SE of Lock in Bennington Twp 4200 feet SE along state Rt 657 from intersection of 657 & Drury Rd, 950 feet due E.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH089—Licking
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: O.W. Baumer, L.A. Tornes, D.R. Mapes, C.E. Redmond
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bennington
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bennington
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Ochraqualf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: dead ice moraine
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • 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

    1

    336

    225

    1Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine and medium tubular and 2.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01610. many fine roots
    1BE—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) coarse prominent mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse platy structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01611. many coats surface features; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; many coarse prominent 2.5Y62 mottles
    1Bt1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 37 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, coats and 37 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01612. common coats surface features; common clay films surface features; few fine roots
    1Bt2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 37 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01613. common clay films surface features; few fine roots; many medium prominent 10YR52 mottles
    1Bt3—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior gravelly clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01614. 10% gravel.; common clay films surface features; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    1BC—91 to 104 centimeters (35.8 to 40.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; 11 percent gray (10YR 5/1) coarse distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01615. 8 percent coarse fragments.; few clay films surface features; common coarse distinct 10YR51 mottles
    1C1—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 87P01616. 10 percent coarse fragments. Widely spaced vertical seams. (10YR 5/1) coatings in seams.; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR51 mottles
    1C2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 87P01617. Widely spaced vertical seams (10YR 5/2). 10 percent coarse fragments.; few medium distinct 10YR56 mottles